Dates, Numbers, Currencies and Units: Localizing the Details
Why 12/11 means different dates, why 1,234 can be a thousand or a decimal, and how to show dates, numbers, prices and measurements the way each audience expects.
Quality, UX & compliance
How to make translated pages good for people: accurate, accessible, easy to switch, and respectful of privacy.
How Many Languages Should You Start With?
A practical way to pick your first website languages: use visitor and sales data, add one at a time, check quality, and know what each new language costs you.
How to Control Website Translation Costs
Where translation costs come from and how to keep them predictable: fewer languages, translate once, protect reviewed text, set limits, plan for limits running out.
How to Review Machine Translation Before You Publish It
A practical review routine for machine-translated pages: what to check first, what automatic checks miss, who should review, and when to keep pages out of search.
Translation Memory and Glossary: What They Do and How to Use Them
Translation memory reuses earlier translations; a glossary fixes how key terms are translated. How each works, how they differ, and a simple routine to build them.
Accessible Language Switcher: WCAG Requirements
Build an accessible language switcher: which WCAG 2.2 criteria apply, how to set lang correctly, and how to choose between links and select elements.
GDPR and Privacy When Translating Your Website
General guide to the privacy questions raised by website translation services: data sent, controller and processor roles, DPAs, transfers and cookies.
Language Switcher UX: Best Practices That Work
How to design a website language switcher: where to put it, how to label languages, why flags mislead, and how to keep users on the equivalent page.
Machine vs Human vs Hybrid Website Translation
How to choose machine, human or hybrid translation per page type: quality, cost and time trade-offs, review workflows, glossaries and do-not-translate lists.
RTL Languages on the Web: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu
How to support right-to-left languages: the dir attribute, CSS logical properties, mirroring rules, bidirectional text, numerals, fonts, testing and SEO.
Other topics: Multilingual SEO WordPress, Shopify & other platforms Reliability & performance