Birth Certificate Translation

I have just received my birth certificate with the apostille and was wondering the best way to get it translated. I live in the US and will be going to France soon for a semester abroad where I will need to be enrolled in French Social Security. I know that I need to get a translation of the document into French by a certified translator, but does this need to be one that is certified in France, or is someone who is certified in the US also an option? For reference my birth certificate is in Japanese and many of the translators that I have been in contact with are only able to proceed once the Japanese birth certificate is in English, before translating into French.