French Renovation – There’s a FREE app for that!
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Get the balloons, party poppers & the orange juice as we are about to have ourselves a wrap part!
Introducing little Miss “Petite Assistante” your personal French renovation dictionary, translater and all round life saver.
The app is a dedicated English to French to English translation dictionary however this IS NOT your normal batch of French words. You’re not going to be flirting with the ladies or buying groceries but these
6,000+ dedicated building/renovating words covering everything from fractions in English to French to tools, materials and so so much more.
We’ve even gone the other way and you can search French words (by alphabetically scrolling if you’re that way inclined or using the search function) so if you come across a word you’re not sure about when you’re out and about then you’re not lost. We don’t think there is any point in just having the English to French translator as when you actually have no idea what the French words are on their own. All that is now a thing of the past.
Here comes the some FAQ’s :
- Where can I get it?
iTunes App Store. As soon as they approve it we’ll post the link here and on @Twitter.
Petite Assistante will work on ALL generations of iPhones & iPod Touch’s.
- When can I get it?
Apple say about 2 weeks from submission if we’ve managed not to break any rules.
- How much is it?
NOW FREE (see post as to why) £1.79 or €2.00 depending what iTunes store you are connected to.
- How many words do you have & are you adding more?
At launch we have over 6,000 translations in both English & French and YES we are adding more. We are going to keep it tight to renovating, renovation and building as this app is here to help you with these types of terms so we’ll not be cheating by swelling the word base by putting in basic French conversational words.
- Is there a “free” or “lite” version to try?
Since we can’t do time limited trials we “may” release a “lite” version for you to try. This will have around 500 words maximum and will just be a taster. This app will not be updated with all the extra words we are adding week on week.
- What do you mean English to French to English ?
Simple … You look up the word “Paint” in English and you’ll see “Peinture” in French. But if you’re out and about and you see the word “Peinture” then how do you go about finding what that means.. With “Petite Assistante ” app you simply either drop into “Français à l’anglais” mode and search to word or scroll to it and that of course will bring up “Paint” in English.
If you have any questions about the app at all please either get in touch or drop us a comment and we’ll answer each and every one of you.
We are recording a demo video for you now and will post it shortly however here are some screen shots of the final layout and graphics. Enjoy












Just bought app. Great idea, very useful for us grappling with devis for rooves.
Word to add: sabliere – wall plate, or raising piece?
Hi Vicki, many thanks for the app purchase that’ll go towards the new tiles for the roof :)
We’ve put your suggestion into the next build already and we are on course for a large work list upgrade early October .
Thanks again.
Lee
Hi,
Just started up a directory for first and second homeowners on the French Riviera / Côte d’azur and saw your iPhone app on the web.
Ofcourse this is perfect for the people visiting the directory so I made a little ad and copy/pasted a small article for on the site.
Hope it well help you sell a few more ;-)
Cheers,
Elmer
Hi Elmer,
there is even better news, to celebrate the roof on the house being finished and for the festive season we’ve made the app FREE !!! It’s being downloaded like crazy ;)