Get your certified translation in Marseille and across Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur without leaving home. Our expert translators are listed with the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence and specialise in Arabic, African languages, Italian and Portuguese. Accepted by the Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture, Aix-Marseille University and Marseille's consulates.
Marseille, France's second-largest city with 880,000 residents within the city limits and close to 1.9 million people across the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area, has long been a Mediterranean gateway. Its population brings together North African communities (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), as well as Comorian, Malagasy, Armenian, Italian and Portuguese communities · each with its own administrative procedures.
Transdoc (part of the Legal230 Group) offers a fully online certified translation service for the people of Marseille and PACA. You upload your document from Castellane, Le Panier, La Joliette, Aix-en-Provence, Aubagne or your home in the Var. A court-registered expert translator listed with the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence handles your file. The signed PDF reaches you within 3 business days (36h with the Priority option), and the paper original by tracked post (optional, +€9.60) within 48 hours.
Our translations are recognised by the Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture (Place Félix Baret, 13006 Marseille), the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence, the Marseille Judicial Court, Aix-Marseille University, and every consulate and administration across PACA.
Marseille has a limited number of sworn translators for certain languages. The typical path through a physical office includes:
Our online service removes all of that. You order from your phone, see the price per page (from €39 incl. VAT, depending on the language) before paying, and receive the signed PDF within 3 business days with no travel needed. The same rate everywhere in France · no PACA surcharge.
Our service covers the whole of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, with delivery times of 24 to 48 hours by tracked post:
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) and Hautes-Alpes (05), though less densely populated, are also covered by our service with the same turnaround times.
Marseille has France's largest population of North African, Comorian and Malagasy origin. This translates into strong demand for translations in the following languages:
Our translators are familiar with the specific documentary features of North African records: bilingual birth certificates, the Algerian "12 S" family record book, the Moroccan "adoulaire" marriage certificate, customary marriage contracts, and handwritten death certificates. See also our birth certificate and marriage certificate pages.
| Service | Delivery | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| English → French | 3 business days | €54 / page | Translation, certification, stamp, signed PDF |
| Spanish, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese → French | 3 business days | €59 / page | Translation, certification, stamp, signed PDF |
| Italian, Romanian, Turkish → French | 3 business days | €39 / page | Translation, certification, stamp, signed PDF |
| Other languages | 3 business days | €39 to €139 / page | Exact rate shown in the instant quote |
| Priority option | 36h | +€19.72 / order | Faster delivery of the signed PDF |
| Paper original (optional) | 24–72h after the PDF | +€9.60 / order | Wet-stamped original by tracked post |
Get an instant quote from our online configurator. Full details on our official pricing page.
Transdoc has a network of Arabic ↔ French expert translators registered with the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence and the Court of Appeal of Paris. All of them cover the main variants: Moroccan darija, Algerian, Tunisian, Modern Standard, Egyptian and Levantine Arabic. Order 100% online, receive it within 3 business days at your Marseille address.
Yes. All our translations are signed by an expert translator listed on an official Court of Appeal register (Aix-en-Provence, Nice or another). They are accepted by the Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture (Place Félix Baret, Marseille 6th) as well as the sub-prefectures of Aix-en-Provence, Arles and Istres.
No. Identical national rates: the same price per page (from €39 incl. VAT, depending on the language), whatever your département. 100% online service, no PACA surcharge.
Marseille's top 10 languages:
1. Arabic (darija, Algerian, Tunisian, Modern Standard)
2. Comorian (Shikomori)
3. Italian
4. Portuguese
5. Spanish
6. Malagasy
7. Armenian
8. Turkish
9. English
10. Wolof, Fula, Bambara
Full list on our available languages page.
Yes. AMU is one of France's largest universities, with more than 80,000 students. We regularly translate foreign diplomas for bachelor's, master's, doctoral and graduate-school enrolments. Our translations are also accepted by Sciences Po Aix, Centrale Marseille and Kedge Business School.
Yes. Marseille hosts around ten consulates-general: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Comoros, Madagascar, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Senegal, Russia. We regularly produce certified translations (from French into the target language or vice versa) accepted by these consulates for passport, power-of-attorney, inheritance or civil-status procedures.
Naturalisation applications for Bouches-du-Rhône residents are processed by the Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture, Foreign Nationals Department (Place Félix Baret, Marseille 6th). The list of required documents requires a certified translation of foreign civil-status records: birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce judgment if applicable, criminal record from the country of origin.
Our dedicated translation for naturalisation page details the full list.
The CNDA sits in Montreuil, but hearings can be relocated. Summonses are often issued at short notice. The PDF is available the same day, and the paper original is delivered by tracked post within 24 to 48 hours.
Prefecture 13 document checklist, current turnaround times, Maghreb and Comoros consulates, practical advice. 20-page PDF.
Order online from home. Certified translation delivered to your address in 3 business days, accepted by the Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture, Aix-Marseille University and Marseille's consulates.