It is impossible to obtain fundamental higher education without any knowledge of one or more foreign languages. Historically, French was and remains the language of diplomacy, and international law. That is why in the era of globalization its study is important in the twenty-first century. This article considers some of the methods of teaching a foreign language (French) of specialty and training translation of the diplomatic documents and international law acts. Training specialists in the field of international relations and international law as one of the directions of international profile remains one of the most popular. The approach suggested by the authors seems to be relevant for training competitive specialists in the sphere of international relations and international law and is applied in the departments that realize bachelor and master training in this setting.