Get a certified translation in Lyon and across Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes without leaving home. Our expert translators are listed with the Court of Appeal of Lyon. A signed, stamped document accepted by the Rhône Prefecture, Lyon's universities and every administration across the region.
Lyon is France's third-largest metropolitan area, with close to 1.4 million residents in the metro area and 8.1 million residents across Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. A historic crossroads between Paris, the Mediterranean and Italy, the region has a strong international population: Italian, Portuguese, North African, Armenian and Turkish communities, alongside large numbers of international students enrolled at Lyon 1, Lyon 2, Lyon 3, INSA, ENS Lyon, emlyon or Sciences Po Lyon.
Transdoc (part of the Legal230 Group) offers a fully online certified translation service designed specifically for this population: you upload your document from Presqu'île, Confluence, Villeurbanne or your apartment in Gerland. A court-registered expert translator listed with the Court of Appeal of Lyon handles your file. You receive the digital version within 24 to 48 hours, followed by the paper original by tracked post to your address anywhere in the region.
Our translations are unreservedly recognised by the Rhône Prefecture (106 rue Pierre Corneille and 18 rue de Bonnel, Lyon 3rd), the Court of Appeal of Lyon (1 rue du Palais de Justice), the Lyon Judicial Court, and every administration in the region.
Lyon has several dozen practising sworn translators, mostly concentrated in the 2nd, 3rd and 6th arrondissements. The typical path through a physical office involves:
Our online service avoids all of that travel. A scan or photo of your document is enough, the price is shown upfront, and the translation reaches your Lyon address by tracked post. The same rate as a client in Paris or Clermont-Ferrand · no regional surcharge.
For residents of less well-served areas of the region (Haute-Ardèche, Diois, Bugey), this avoids a multi-hour round trip to Lyon or Valence.
We process orders from anywhere in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with delivery by tracked post in 24 to 48 hours:
The other departments of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire) are also covered by our nationwide service, with the same turnaround times and rates.
Here are the main Lyon and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes administrations that receive our translations every day.
The Rhône Prefecture handles all of the department's foreign-national applications: first residence permit, renewal, family reunification, status change. Appointments are managed online via the ANEF platform (France's digital portal for foreign nationals). Your file must include a certified translation of your birth certificate (see our dedicated page), and, depending on your situation, your marriage certificate, divorce judgment or diploma.
Naturalisation applications by decree or by marriage are handled by the Rhône-Alpes Naturalisation Platform, attached to the Rhône Prefecture. The list of required documents systematically includes:
Our family pack of 4 certificates at €129 covers most of a file. See translation for naturalisation.
International students wishing to enrol at Lyon 1 (sciences, health), Lyon 2 (humanities, social sciences), Lyon 3 (law, management), INSA or ENS de Lyon must provide their diplomas and transcripts translated by a sworn translator. The ENIC-NARIC France centre (Sèvres) issues the comparability statements often required by Lyon's universities. See degree equivalence.
| Document / package | Turnaround | Price | Lyon delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard birth certificate | 48 working hours | €39 | Tracked post 24h |
| Marriage certificate | 48 working hours | €49 | Tracked post 24h |
| Diploma + transcript | 48 working hours | €79 | Tracked post 24h |
| Express 24h | 24 working hours | €59 | Priority post Popular |
| Urgent 10h | 10 hours (same business day) | €79 | Priority dispatch + instant PDF |
| Family pack · 4 certificates | 48 working hours | €129 | 17% off the total |
Get an instant, precise quote from our online configurator. Full rate card on the official pricing page.
Three reasons explain our service's strong adoption in Rhône and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
The fastest way is to use an online platform like Transdoc, which brings together expert translators listed with the Court of Appeal of Lyon. You order in 3 minutes, receive the signed PDF within 24 to 48 hours, and the paper original 24 hours later at your Lyon address.
Alternative: check the official register of the Court of Appeal of Lyon and contact each translator individually · a slower and more cumbersome solution.
Yes, without exception. Our translators are listed on an official Court of Appeal register, which is sufficient for acceptance by the Rhône Prefecture (106 rue Pierre Corneille and 18 rue de Bonnel), as well as the Villefranche-sur-Saône sub-prefecture and every prefecture in the region (Isère, Loire, Ain, Drôme, Ardèche, Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Savoie, Savoie).
No. Our rates are identical across all of France. A birth certificate stays at €39 (taxes included) in Lyon as in Roubaix or Nice. Since the service is 100% online, no regional surcharge applies. The same rates apply throughout Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lyon's linguistic diversity is reflected in our orders:
· Italian and Portuguese (long-established communities)
· Arabic (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)
· Armenian (a strong community in the 3rd and 8th arrondissements)
· Turkish, Kurdish
· English, Spanish
· Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian
· Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Thai (students and expatriates from Asia)
See the full list on available languages.
Yes. We translate diplomas and academic transcripts daily for Lyon 1 (Claude Bernard · sciences, health), Lyon 2 (Lumière · humanities), Lyon 3 (Jean Moulin · law, management), INSA Lyon, ENS Lyon, Sciences Po Lyon, emlyon, Centrale Lyon and the region's other higher-education institutions.
Our translations are also accepted by the ENIC-NARIC France centre to obtain a comparability statement.
Naturalisation applications for Rhône residents are processed by the Rhône-Alpes Naturalisation Platform, attached to the Rhône Prefecture. For the other departments (01, 07, 26, 38, 42), the application is filed with the prefecture of residence.
All foreign civil-status documents must be translated by a sworn translator. Our translation for naturalisation page details the full list of documents.
The ENIC-NARIC France centre (Sèvres, 92) processes comparability statement requests in 2 to 4 months. The certified translation of your diploma and transcript is produced within 48 hours by Transdoc, letting you file your application without delay.
For master's or doctoral applications in Lyon, ideally plan 4 to 6 months ahead of the start of the academic year.
Yes. Lyon is France's second consular city after Paris. We regularly produce translations for the consulates-general of Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Turkey and Switzerland, as well as for honorary consulates. Common procedures include passport renewal, civil-status documents, power of attorney, and international inheritance.
Residence permits, naturalisation, degree equivalence, Lyon 1/2/3 enrolment: documents, timelines, contacts. 16-page PDF.
Order online from home. Certified translation delivered to your address in 48 hours, accepted by the Rhône Prefecture, Lyon's universities and every administration across Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.