Interfaces in both languages
Every screen, message, validation error and notification exists in English and French, with language switching that keeps users where they are.
013Bilingual Software Development
Bilingual software development in English and French
Webisoft builds custom enterprise software that works fully in English and French: the interface, the content, the emails, the documents and the admin tools. We are a Montreal company and our team works in both languages every day, so French is built in from the first sprint, not translated at the end.
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What we do
What bilingual software development covers
A bilingual product is more than translated labels. These are the parts we build for both languages from the start.
Content and data models
Content, product data and help text stored per language, with workflows so editors can manage both versions without developers.
Documents and email
Invoices, contracts, reports and transactional email generated in the recipient's language.
Admin tools for bilingual teams
Back offices that let your staff work in their own language while serving customers in theirs.
Language rules from day one
Date, number and currency formats, sorting and search that work correctly in both languages, including accented characters.
Bilingual SEO and accessibility
Separate URLs, hreflang and metadata per language, and accessible markup in both, so each version can be found and used.
Proof
Built by a team that works in both languages
Our own site, our team and our client work run in English and French. Two examples of systems we build and run:
Read the case study Secure digital asset custody
For a Canadian federal public-safety agency: a platform to seize, hold and track digital assets, with a tamper-proof audit trail and a field app for officers. Webisoft is the prime contractor.
Read the case study Online vehicle auctions
For a Canadian automotive group: an auction platform with live bidding, administration and a mobile app, built and run by the same team since 2018.
How we work
How a bilingual build runs
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Plan both languages in the scope
We list every place language appears: screens, content, documents, email, search and support. You approve that scope before we write code.
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Design with French length in mind
French text often runs longer than English. We design screens that hold both without truncated labels or broken layouts.
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Build with translation workflows
Strings and content live in structures your team can edit, review and approve in each language.
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Test in both languages
Every release is reviewed in English and French by people who speak both, before it reaches your users.
Where to next
Related services
Bilingual delivery applies to everything we build. These pages go deeper on the main types of work.
Read more Custom enterprise software
Internal systems, portals and platforms built around how your business runs.
Read more Web development
Complex web applications and portals, bilingual from the first release.
Read more Mobile app development
iOS and Android apps with the backend and admin tools behind them.
Read more Nearshore software development
Senior engineers on Eastern Time who work inside your team.
FAQ
Bilingual software development questions
(6)Adding a second language late means reworking layouts, data models, emails and documents that were built for one language. Building both from the start costs less and avoids a French version that always lags behind.
Our team works in French and English, so we can write and review interface text in both. For large volumes of marketing or legal content, we set up workflows with your translators or language reviewers.
Companies selling in Quebec, organizations serving both English and French speaking customers or employees, and suppliers to federal institutions, which operate under Canada's Official Languages Act.
Yes. We review how the app handles text, data and formatting, then plan the changes so the French version reaches the same quality as the English one without a full rebuild.
No. We build for clients across North America and beyond. Bilingual delivery is one of the things we do well because our own team works in both languages.
Yes. When we build for English and French, we use structures that can take more languages later, so adding Spanish or another language does not mean starting over.
