English to French Website Translation
Translating a English WordPress site into French: engine fit, script and direction notes, market context and the exact hreflang markup.
What changes between English and French?
English uses the Latin script; French uses the Latin script. Sentence structure and length differ, which is why Transxlate translates whole rendered sentences in context and lets you adjust anything visually.
English
- ~1.5B speakers
- Latin script · LTR
- Google + DeepL support
French
- ~310M speakers
- Latin script · LTR
- Google + DeepL support · formality control
Set up English → French in 4 steps
- 1
Install Transxlate
Download the plugin from your transxlate.com account (free plan available) and activate it — the setup wizard opens automatically.
- 2
Add French as a target language
Pick your default language and select French in the wizard. The language URL is created instantly.
- 3
Connect your API key
Paste a Google Cloud Translation or DeepL key and switch on automatic translation. You pay the provider directly at wholesale rates.
- 4
Refine visually
Open any translated page with ?trx-edit=1 and click any sentence to perfect it. Human edits permanently override the machine.
How should hreflang look for English and French versions?
Each page declares alternates for both languages plus x-default, and every version must link back to all others (reciprocity). With Transxlate Pro this cluster is emitted automatically on every page.
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://example.com/" /> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr" href="https://example.com/fr/" /> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://example.com/" />
Frequently asked questions
How do I translate a English website to French?
On WordPress: install Transxlate, set English as your default language, add French as a target, and connect a Google or DeepL API key. Pages are served at /fr/ automatically, and any sentence can be refined in the visual editor.
Which engine is best for English to French?
Both Google and DeepL support this pair. DeepL is generally preferred for its fluency on French; Google is slightly cheaper and equally reliable. You can switch engines at any time without losing stored translations.
How much does English to French website translation cost?
At wholesale API rates, a 50,000-word site costs roughly $6.00 to machine-translate into French — once, because results are cached in your database. Professional human translation of the same site would run thousands of dollars.
Will the layout survive going from English to French?
Yes — both languages are left-to-right, so no direction change is involved. Expect some text-length variation; the visual editor makes spot-fixing tight buttons trivial.
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Five-minute setup, wholesale API pricing, translations stored in your own database.