Bilingual website design, English and French
We build bilingual websites that reach people in English and French
Give both audiences a clear path to enquire, book or donate. We plan the pages, navigation and editing tools for both languages from the start, with one website for your team to manage.
- Built for you
- Custom design and code
- Languages
- English and French
- How long
- Six to eight weeks
- Who owns it
- You own it
The problem
Where bilingual websites go wrong.
- 1The French site is a machine translation, and Quebec readers can tell in one sentence.
- 2The two versions drift apart, because updating both is painful.
- 3The language switch sends you back to the homepage.
- 4Search engines index one language and ignore the other.
How we build it
Built in, not bolted on.
Structure
Each language has its own addresses, titles and descriptions, correctly linked, so search engines index both.
The switch
The language toggle takes you to the same page in the other language, not to the homepage.
Editing
Your team can update both languages in the site editor. We show you how to keep the content in sync at launch.
Writing
French text is written or reviewed by a Quebec French writer, quoted separately. Never raw machine translation.
English and French in practice
Price
Every website we build is structured for two languages at no extra cost. Adding the second language’s content starts at $1,500 when you supply the text. French writing, translation or review by a Quebec French writer is quoted separately.
From $6,000 CAD
You get one fixed price before we start. You pay half to start and half before launch. We plan your pages with you first. The six to eight weeks start when we have your main text and photos.
Questions
Questions
We already have an English site. Can you add French?
If we built it, yes, as an add-on. If we did not, it depends on how it was built. Send us the address and we will tell you.
Can you add a third language?
Yes. Once the site is set up for two languages, each extra language is a smaller job with a fixed price.
Who translates?
You can supply the text. French text can also be written or reviewed by a Quebec French writer, quoted separately. We never publish raw machine translation.
Tell us what your website isn’t doing.
Book a 15-minute call. By the end you will know what your site needs, about what it will cost, and how long it will take. No pressure to hire us.
Book a 15-min call
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