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Free tool · the letter writer
So much of French life turns on the formal letter: cancelling a contract, giving notice, contesting a bill, making a complaint. Get the layout or the formule de politesse wrong and you look like you don't know the rules; get it right and doors open. Fill in a few boxes and we'll draft a correctly-formatted letter, tell you in plain English exactly what it says — and, for the ones that matter, let a real person check it before you send.
Your letter builds live as you type.
Translation uses an online service, so the words you type in these two boxes are sent there to be turned into French — keep them free of anything sensitive. It's machine translation, so the human-check step is there for anything that really matters.
Ready to copy, print, or have checked.
Before you send the recommandée
If this letter carries weight — ending a tenancy, contesting money, a legal deadline — it needs to be right first time. Have a real person at Pimpernel check the wording, the tone and the law behind it before it goes.
Ask a human to check my letter →The other half of the problem — decoding the official envelope that just landed on your mat. Our guide translates what they actually want.
These are formatting templates to help you write a correct, polite French letter — general assistance, not legal advice, and not a guarantee of any outcome. Rights and deadlines (notice periods, cancellation windows, appeal limits) depend on your contract and circumstances, so for consequential letters use the human-review step and, where it matters, take professional advice. Always keep a copy and proof of posting.