Mashable – the site for social network news – has just announced the launch of a French version. The site will kick off as a blend of translated or adapted news from the Mashable mothership and a fair bit of original posts from a team of four French bloggers.

There are a number of very cool social network and web 2.0 sites developing in France and I will be keeping my eye on Mashable France. It’s also a great way to learn certain French words (“breasts on YouTube” = “seins sur YouTube”). Ok, that may be a slightly childish use for the site…