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Ma cousine est traductrice pour l'entreprise.

Ma cousine est traductrice pour l'entreprise.
My cousin is a translator for the company.
From Lesson 79:Feminine adjective endings (-ère, -trice)·French

Questions & Answers about Ma cousine est traductrice pour l'entreprise.

Why does the word for translator end in -trice here?
Many masculine nouns and adjectives ending in -teur change to -trice in the feminine form. Since Ma cousine refers to a female cousin, the masculine word traducteur must change to traductrice.
Why is there no French word for "a" before traductrice?
In French, when you state someone's profession using the verb être (to be) followed directly by the job title, you drop the article (un or une). You literally say "My cousin is translator"!
How would this sentence change if I were talking about a male cousin?
It would be Mon cousin est traducteur pour l'entreprise. The possessive "my" changes from Ma to Mon, the word for cousin loses the -e, and the profession reverts to its masculine -teur ending.
How can I tell if entreprise is masculine or feminine since it uses l'?
Entreprise is feminine (une entreprise). Because it starts with a vowel, the word la (the) is shortened to l' to make pronunciation smoother. The ending -prise is also a very common ending for feminine words.

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