French Medical Records Translation
Translate medical records from French to English for a physician, an insurer, an injury claim or ECFMG. We translate the compte rendu d'hospitalisation, the ordonnance, the carnet de santé and lab reports from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Québec, Haiti and francophone Africa, certified and signed.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for French medical records records
What a French medical file looks like
French records are written for the médecin traitant, the family doctor who holds the file, and they assume the reader knows the shorthand.
Lettre de liaison and compte rendu
Since 2017 a French hospital hands the patient a lettre de liaison on the day of discharge, in place of the older compte rendu d'hospitalisation, and both are still in circulation. Either gives the motif d'hospitalisation, antécédents, histoire de la maladie, the examens and a conclusion with the traitement de sortie. A compte rendu opératoire covers the surgery itself. We translate each by its own title so the reader knows which document it is.
Chart shorthand and the 12/8 blood pressure
ATCD for antécédents, TTT for traitement, HTA for hypertension, RAS for nothing to report, PEC for prise en charge, CAT for conduite à tenir, NFS for the blood count a US doctor calls a CBC. French charts also write blood pressure as 12/8, in centimetres of mercury, where a US chart reads 120/80. Each abbreviation is spelled out, and the unit is written beside the reading so 12/8 is not taken for a typo.
Ordonnances and brand names
A French ordonnance lists drugs by brand: Doliprane or Efferalgan for paracétamol, which the US calls acetaminophen, Lévothyrox, Kardégic. Dosing reads 1 cp matin et soir pendant 7 jours, with cp for comprimé, gél for gélule, sach for sachet. The translation keeps the brand, gives the generic name beside it and writes the dosing in full, so a pharmacist or doctor can match it to a US equivalent.
Who is asking for your French medical records translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Doctors and hospitals
A new physician needs your diagnoses, medications and reports in English before the first visit. Each report is translated in full and certified, so it can go into your chart as it is.
Insurers
Health, travel and disability insurers ask for the medical report and the itemized bill in English, translated completely and certified, before they pay a claim for care received abroad.
ECFMG
ECFMG accepts a word-for-word translation on a translation service's letterhead, signed by the translator with a certification statement. Summaries and extracts are refused. Our certified translations follow that format.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a French medical records.
Send the pages a doctor would read
The discharge letter, the current medication list and the reports it relies on cover most visits. A full hospital file can run to hundreds of pages, so start with those and add the rest if the recipient asks.
Letterhead, stamps and signatures count
The hospital header, the doctor's stamp and the registration number on a prescription identify who wrote the record. Scan each page whole, including forms and the back of any page with a stamp.
Tell us who will read it
A physician needs the clinical pages, an insurer the diagnosis and the itemized bill, ECFMG a word-for-word translation of the entire document. Say which in the order notes, with the patient's name as the passport spells it.
Details and pricing
What is included in a French medical records translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the medical records is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
French Medical Records FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Do you translate the carnet de santé?
- Yes. The carnet is the booklet every child in France gets at birth, with the vaccination pages, growth curves, hospital stays and the examens obligatoires. A US pediatrician or school usually needs the vaccination pages and any hospitalisation notes. Send each page with an entry, and the cover with the child's name, and we translate those pages.
- What do I send for an injury or disability claim?
- The certificat médical initial, which describes the injuries and sets the ITT, the number of days of incapacité totale de travail, and the avis d'arrêt de travail that covers the sick leave. The two are not the same thing: ITT is a measure courts use, the arrêt de travail is what the employer and the Assurance Maladie see. The translation keeps them distinct. Add the feuilles de soins and invoices if an insurer is reimbursing you.
- Do you translate US medical records into French?
- Yes. Patients send US records to a médecin traitant in France, to the Assurance Maladie or a mutuelle for care received abroad, to a Belgian mutualité or a Swiss caisse-maladie. We translate the US report, the itemized bill and the discharge summary into French, and can add notarization if the insurer asks for it.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other French documents we translate
Medical records translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's medical records records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Insurance claim translations, ECFMG translations before you order.