Design for real content
Layouts tested against long German strings, right-to-left Arabic and non-Latin scripts before anything is signed off.
Multilingual websites
Websites designed to work in every language you sell in
We design and build sites that hold several languages properly – structure, search, layout and editing included. Our developers and designers sit with the marketing team, so language versions are planned around how each market finds and buys, not bolted on at the end.
- 15+ languages, including right-to-left Arabic
- WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce and CS-Cart
- Hreflang and international site structure
- In-house UK design and development
What a multilingual build involves
The design decisions are the ones most often skipped. German copy can run a third longer than English and breaks fixed-width navigation. Arabic reverses the entire layout. Asian scripts change line height and font stacks. A template that only ever held English text will look wrong the day real content arrives.
Underneath, the site needs a structure search engines can read: language versions declared properly, no two versions competing for the same market, URLs and metadata handled per language, and forms, addresses and currencies that make sense locally.
We handle both sides, and we plan the build with whoever is running the campaigns so that landing pages, tracking and conversion paths exist in every language from launch.
What we handle
International structure
Hreflang, canonical handling, language URLs and metadata set so each market sees the right page.
Localisation, not just translation
Imagery, colour, proof points, contact details and legal content adapted to what the market expects.
Platform builds
WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce and CS-Cart, plus custom development where a site needs it.
Editing in every language
Content models and admin screens your team can use without a developer for each language update.
Tracking per language
Analytics and conversion tracking configured so performance can be read by market from day one.
How the build runs
- 1
Market and content planning
Which languages launch first, what each needs, and how the URL and navigation structure will hold them.
- 2
Design against real strings
Templates reviewed with sample content in each language, including right-to-left where relevant.
- 3
Build and localise
Development, native-speaker content, forms, currency and regional details completed in parallel.
- 4
Launch and check by market
Indexation, hreflang, speed and tracking verified per language after go-live, not assumed.
What you get
- One site your team can run across every market
- Layouts that hold up in long and right-to-left languages
- Language versions that rank in their own markets
- Conversion paths localised, not translated
- Clean per-market analytics from launch
- Room to add languages without rebuilding
Frequently asked questions
Which platforms can you build multilingual sites on?
WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce and CS-Cart, plus custom PHP and Laravel builds where a site needs to do something the platforms do not.
Can you handle right-to-left languages?
Yes. Arabic work means mirroring the layout, not flipping the text: navigation, forms, icons, tables and imagery all need reworking, and we build it into the design stage rather than patching it afterwards.
Do you supply the translation?
We can. Copy is produced or reviewed by native speakers, and for technical sectors we work from your terminology rather than inventing it.
Should each language sit on its own domain?
Usually not. A single platform with correctly configured language versions is easier to maintain and consolidates search authority. We will explain the trade-off for your markets before you decide.
Can marketing teams update the language versions themselves?
Yes. We set up the editing experience so a non-technical team can publish in each language without needing a developer for routine changes.
Next step
Planning a site in more than one language? Tell us the markets and we will scope it properly.
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