The companies on this list offer French-speaking jobs that can be done from the comfort of your home office. Some require that you are based in the U.S. or Canada, but many can be worked from anywhere in the world. If you speak other languages too, see this list of bilingual jobs from home for more languages.

Type of Job: Translation Review, Search Evaluation

French Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingHires language consultants and data Annotators who evaluate online search results as well as translators and transcriptionist. Looks for candidates with experience in linguistics, especially computational; software testing and library science plus a native-level fluency in more than one language other than English.

Type of Job: Call Center, Tech Support

French Skills Required: SpeakingApple at Home is a work at home call center program from Apple that is part of the company's AppleCare department. Use the keyword "home" in the company’s job database.

Type of Job: Translation, data entryFrench Skills Required: Reading, Writing, ResearchGlobal company uses crowdsourcing to distribute microtasks (aka micro-labor) in fields such as writing translating, data entry and research to more than 300,000 "clickworkers" worldwide.

Type of Job: TeachingFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, Writing, TeachingConnections Academy hires certified teachers for online teaching jobs. It includes foreign language teacher for K-12 German, French, and Spanish.

Type of Job: Call CenterFrench Skills Required: SpeakingThe parent company of Alamo, Enterprise and National Car Rental recruits work-at-home, French-speaking agents in Canada and the U.S. English skills must be excellent as well.

Type of Job: Translation, Translation Review, LocalizationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, Writing, TeachingCanadian company assists clients with translation and cultural adaptation needs. Its translation jobs are for both translators and translation reviewers.

Type of Job: TeachingFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Writing, TeachingTeaching English by phone, gofluent seeks home-based trainers who are native English speakers who are bilingual in French. It only hires from Kansas, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Canada.

Type of Job: Translation ReviewFrench Skills Required: Reading, WritingHires ads quality raters, who evaluate the accuracy of Google web advertising and communicating the effectiveness of web layouts and information using an online tool. The requirements include a BA/BS degree (or equivalent experience), fluency in a specific language as well as English, an understanding of the culture of the speakers of the specific language, web research and analytical capabilities, high-speed Internet connection and U.S. work authorization.

Type of Job: Translation, InterpretationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingCompany hires linguists on a freelance basis for translation jobs as well as on-site and telephone interpretation and transcription services. To apply, register in company’s database.

Type of Job: Translation, InterpretationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingRequirements include two years’ experience, college degree, access to email and knowledge of use basic translation software tools. Company seeks "language professionals with in depth knowledge in a professional field (such as medicine, software, finance, and engineering, interpreters or narrators (voice-over professionals) living in the New England area." Online application includes translating a short text for each language pair you wish to qualify in. Permit to work in the U.S. required.

Type of Job: Translation Review, Localization, Search EvaluationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingGlobal localization company provides translation and localization to business clients as well as "global crowdsourcing solutions for clients with international search engines and online marketing initiatives." Its Internet assessor jobs (similar to Google's ads quality raters).

Type of Job: Translation, Interpretation, Desktop Publishing, LocalizationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, Writing,Hires experienced freelance language specialists as independent contractors. Minimum requirements are 3 years professional experience in translation or interpretation, college degree, and knowledge in specific subject areas, such as legal and financial matters, marketing writing, medical and general business. Also has freelance opportunities for desktop publishers and localization engineers.

Type of Job: Call CenterFrench Skills Required: SpeakingCompany hires independent-contractor, call-center agents, including licensed insurance agents, for a variety of positions including outbound sales, bilingual customer service, and financial services.

Type of Job: Translation, InterpretationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingCompany hires telephonic interpreters and translators for the medical industry. U.S. citizenship/work permit and experience in medical industry required.

Type of Job: Transcription, data entryFrench Skills Required: Oral comprehension, writingCompany offers transcription of short audio files, such as voicemails and dictated notes, by hiring work-at-home transcribers. Quicktate pays USD .0025 per word and iDictate, and Quicktates medical transcription work pays $.0050 USD per word, via PayPal. Successful Quicktate transcriptionists may receive work from iDictate, which transcribes a wider range of longer documents. Bilingual, particularly Spanish and English, transcribers needed but other languages such as French desired too.

Type of Job: Translation, InterpretationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingHires freelance translators and on-site interpreters. College degree required. Email resume for consideration.

Type of Job: TeachingFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, Writing, TeachingHires online language tutors.

Type of Job: Translation, LocalizationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingGlobal information management company hires freelance translators for translation jobs. The company is a supplier of localization services to the IT, engineering, e-business & multimedia sectors, and experience in those and other business sectors is helpful. Requirements are a minimum 2 years freelance (or 1 year in-house) translation experience, but the company says it accepts "translators with relevant alternative experience or qualifications."

Type of Job: Translation, InterpretationFrench Skills Required: Speaking, Reading, WritingCompany offers opportunities for both on-site and telephone interpreters.