French speakers in Dundalk include DkIT students from francophone countries, Irish-French families and professionals at local plants. We translate diplômes, relevés de notes, actes de naissance and judgments into certified English for Irish colleges, employers and courts. Order online from Dundalk at €29.95 per page and receive a signed translation by email, most often within 24 hours.
In Census 2022, 1,229 people in Co. Louth said they speak French at home; Dundalk is part of that county figure.
DkIT's intake from more than 50 countries includes students from France, Belgium and francophone Africa, which gives Dundalk a steady flow of academic French documents. Many French speakers in Ireland were born here, often to Irish-French couples, and their parents' records appear in passport and citizenship files. From Dundalk we often translate the diplôme du baccalauréat, the Licence or Master diploma and occasionally a Belgian or French court decision.
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Applicants from Senegal, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire who apply to DkIT send the baccalauréat and relevé de notes. We translate both, and note if a non-EU document carries legalisation or an apostille from the issuing country.
Scientists joining life-science plants near Dundalk may present a French Master diploma and supplément au diplôme. We translate the programme title, ECTS credits and grades so a hiring manager can assess them.
When a Louth or Monaghan estate includes a French testament olographe or notarial will, the Dundalk probate registry needs it in English. We translate the French will in full. Check with the solicitor on the estate how any affidavit of translator should be handled.
Parents in Dundalk applying for a child's Irish passport through a French parent may need a copie intégrale d'acte de naissance translated. We include every mention marginale, since these can record a later recognition of paternity.
Relevé de notes du baccalauréat
French students choosing DkIT through the CAO present their bac results. Marks out of 20 can look low to Irish readers, so we keep them as printed and translate the mention, such as assez bien, rather than inventing an Irish grade.
Certificat de capacité à mariage
French citizens marrying in Co. Louth can obtain a certificate of capacity to marry from the French consular service after their banns are published. The Dundalk registrar may ask for evidence of freedom to marry, and we translate the certificate with its consular stamp.
Extrait Kbis
A French firm opening an Irish branch near Dundalk files company details with the CRO. The Kbis extract shows the SIREN number, share capital and directors, and we translate it for your solicitor, who can confirm whether the CRO wants the translation notarised.
A French livret de famille may not be enough on its own for the Dundalk registrar, who usually wants individual certificates. Order the copie intégrale of each birth or marriage from the mairie, or from the central civil registry in Nantes for French citizens born abroad, then send them to us together as one order.
€29.95 per page (300 source words) for certified French translation, with free delivery by email. Add a hard copy by tracked post (€14.95) or an apostille for use abroad (from €149.95) at checkout. See all services.
