About

The guide that gets your words across

« We get you over the passes. Your words reach their destination. » Since 2014, Alpis has been translating and interpreting up to the summit of the Alps and beyond.

From Paris to Rio via Mont Blanc, Alpis provides high-quality translation and interpreting services in France and abroad, for large corporations, SMEs and individuals alike. Just as a mountain guide finds the route, chooses the right team and leads to the summit, we carry your words from one language to another — where a single mistake can cost an entire case.

Our core team is mainly based in Paris, supported by a network of hundreds of carefully selected translators and interpreters who share our standards and values. Each speciality and each language pair has its own experts.

Our services

From translation to apostille

Three complementary services, added over time to meet our clients’ needs.

01

Translation

Our original expertise: sworn, legal, technical, marketing — in over 100 languages.

02

Interpreting

On-site or remote: meetings, negotiations, conferences, courts. Consecutive, simultaneous, liaison.

03

Apostille & legalisation

Have your documents recognised abroad — translation and legalisation combined.

Our story

From Paris to Europe, since 2014

One agency after another, always close to our clients.

  1. 2014

    Founded in Paris

    Alpis opens its first office in the heart of Paris (Motte-Picquet). Translation comes first.

  2. 2015

    Paris George V

    A second Paris office, in the 8th arrondissement.

  3. 2017

    Marseille

    Heading south, to the Mediterranean coast.

  4. 2018

    Nice

    The French Riviera joins the network.

  5. 2020

    Eight agencies in one year

    Montpellier, Lille, Toulouse, Nantes, Bordeaux, Metz, Strasbourg and Neuilly-sur-Seine: Alpis covers France.

  6. 2021

    Lyon & Clermont-Ferrand

    Back to our roots, in the heart of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

  7. 2022

    Milan — first international office

    Alpis crosses the border.

  8. 2023 →

    Europe, and beyond

    Brussels, London, Madrid, Dublin, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bern, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Rome — not forgetting Rennes and Grenoble.

Our team

The people behind Alpis

Project managers and linguistic experts who sign off on our content: behind every project, genuine professional expertise.

Claude Perrin

CEO of Alpis Translation and Interpretation

Founder and CEO of Alpis Translation and Interpretation since 2014. Former director of Altixia (IT consulting and management), he designed the agency’s bespoke, secure IT and telephony system. Holder of an MBA (University of Leeds), trilingual in French, English and Portuguese, he raises corporate awareness of the risks of poorly managed AI in translation.

  • Data security in translation
  • Artificial intelligence and translation
  • Internationalisation of businesses

Michelle Goveia

Multilingual Project Manager (EN-FR-ES-HI)

Translator-interpreter and project manager at Alpis, with master’s degrees in translation and interpreting (Swansea, Salamanca, Université catholique de l’Ouest). She specialises in sworn, legal, technical and medical translation, as well as subtitling and liaison interpreting, in English, French, Spanish and Hindi.

  • Sworn translation
  • Legal translation
  • Liaison interpreting

Grace Cobo

Multilingual Project Manager (FR-EN-DE-IT-ES-PT)

Multilingual project manager at Alpis, with over 10 years’ experience in project management, content marketing and multilingual SEO (including ten years at dentsu). She holds a master’s in international law (Toulouse 1 Capitole) and is a German speaker. She translates and adapts content in German, English, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

  • Marketing translation
  • Multilingual content marketing
  • Multilingual SEO

Tanguy Mannevy

Multilingual Project Manager

Multilingual project manager and linguistic consultant at Alpis, based in Strasbourg. An Italian speaker (linguistic mediation in Turin), he combines a master’s in translation (ITIRI) with a strong technical background (HND in thermal engineering, former HVAC technician at ENGIE). He specialises in technical translation, web and marketing localisation, and assistance with legalisation and apostille.

  • Technical translation
  • Web and marketing localisation
  • Apostille and legalisation

Mathias Lailhacar

Interpreting Project Manager

Interpreting project manager at Alpis, based in Strasbourg. With a master’s in professional translation (ITIRI), he oversees the agency’s interpreting assignments: professional interpreting, international negotiations and the organisation of multilingual events.

  • Professional interpreting
  • Conference interpreting
  • International negotiation
Our commitments

What you can rely on

A dedicated project manager

A single, qualified point of contact supports you from quote to delivery: they understand your needs, deploy the right resources, check your requirements and meet your deadlines.

Professional confidentiality

French and foreign ministries, large corporations and SMEs alike: whatever the client, every team member signs and abides by a strict confidentiality agreement.

Quality assurance

Terminology, style and adaptation are checked at the final stage. Our team members are regularly assessed in their native language and area of expertise.

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