A wedding website in more than one language for guests from abroad

What to translate first

You don’t need to translate everything. Start with what people need to get there and to reply:

• Venues and addresses, with directions
• Schedule for the day
• Practical information: dress code, hotels, transport
• RSVP

Have the translations read over

An automatic translator is a good starting point, but ask someone who speaks the language to read the text, perhaps one of the guests. Customs such as Italian “confetti” (sugared almonds) or “bomboniere” (wedding favours) need a line of explanation, because abroad they often don’t exist.

Think about people coming from far away

Guests from abroad don’t know which airport is most convenient, how to get there from the station or whether hotels need booking early. One dedicated paragraph saves you a lot of questions.

A default language

Choose the language people see when they open the website without any preference, usually the one most guests speak. Everyone else switches to their own language with one click.

More languages with Sposiamoci

The website can be in Italian, English, German and Spanish. You choose the languages when you create the site or later from the dashboard, and each section has a tab for each language. Venues, with their address and time, are entered once and apply to every language. The schedule is written separately in each language, so if a time changes, update it in all of them.