Multilingual Website Design
The development of multilingual websites is a specialist skill that requires knowledge and experience.
Webexpectations.com have worked in the area of multilingual website design and development for a range of clients:
- golf.mizunoeurope.com
Mizuno's European website covering four languages - English, German, Spanish, French - www.compair.com
Compair's global website covering 11 languages - www.tplusdiabetes.com
Website developed in English, American English (for the USA market) and French - www.usb-flashdrive.com
Site developed in five European languages - www.ejc.co.uk
Site developed in English, French, Dutch, Japanese and Korean
From previous project experience it is vital that the following points are considered from the outset of a multilingual website design project:
- The range of languages that are likely to covered in the initial phases and potentially in future phases,
- The range of character sets that are to be covered - Western European languages for instance are very different to deploy than some Asian languages,
- How the different languages relate to different target markets - Spanish for instance is heavily used in both Europe and South America but will the content be relevant to both markets,
- How will multi-lingual content be managed and updated over time once the site is developed?
- How will the multi-lingual content relate to marketing the site in search engines such as Google?
