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Multilingual

Websites and marketing in 15+ languages

Selling in another language is a commercial decision, not a translation job

ExtraDigital plans, builds and runs marketing in more than 15 languages. Campaigns are written by native speakers, websites are structured for the way each market searches, and performance is measured on revenue and lead quality rather than word count.

165% more qualified leads for an aviation company in the UAE, year on year. Read the case study on aviation leads in the UAE

  • 15+ languages delivered since 2002
  • Campaign experience across 20+ countries
  • Native-speaker copy, not machine translation
  • One UK team for sites and campaigns

Native speakers, in-house

What we do

Most international projects arrive in one of two states. Either there is an English site and a plan to enter a new market, or there are translated pages that have quietly failed to bring in enquiries. Both need the same starting point: what people in that market search for, who they buy from now, and whether there is enough demand to justify the spend.

From there we handle whichever parts you need – keyword and competitor research in language, paid search and paid social, the language versions of the website, product content, and the tracking that shows which market is actually paying its way.

The work is delivered by our team in Kent, including in-house native speakers, rather than passed to agencies in each country. That keeps strategy consistent and stops budget disappearing into coordination.

Two colleagues smiling as they look at a laptop together in a bright office

What we are asked to fix

Where multilingual projects usually go wrong

These are the problems we are asked to fix most often.

  • Translated keywords nobody searches

    The literal translation of a UK search term is frequently not the phrase used in the market. Pages get written around words with no volume, and rankings never convert.

  • Adverts that read as foreign

    Grammatically correct copy can still sound wrong. In competitive markets, tone and terminology decide whether a click turns into an enquiry.

  • Broken hreflang and duplication

    Language versions competing with each other, or the wrong one shown to the wrong country, is a technical problem with a direct revenue cost.

  • Design that breaks in another script

    German runs long, Arabic runs right to left, Chinese changes line height. Layouts designed only around English text fall apart once real content lands.

  • No market-level reporting

    If spend and conversions are not split by market, a strong country subsidises a weak one and nobody notices for a year.

  • Local trust signals missing

    Payment methods, delivery expectations, contact details and proof points differ by market. Conversion rates suffer long before anyone blames the traffic.

How we work

How we approach a new market

Sequenced so you find out whether a market is viable before committing to a full build.

  1. 01

    Market and demand research

    Search volumes, competitors, terminology and buying behaviour in language – not translated from the English research.

  2. 02

    Prioritise by commercial potential

    Some markets justify a full localised site. Others start with a landing page and a contained paid budget to test demand.

  3. 03

    Localise the content and the site

    Native speakers write the copy; developers handle structure, hreflang, currency, forms and right-to-left layouts where needed.

  4. 04

    Launch campaigns and measure by market

    Paid search, paid social and organic activity reported separately per market so budget follows performance.

Accountable for results

What this is for

  • Entering a market with evidence rather than optimism
  • Language sites that rank for terms people genuinely use
  • Enquiries and orders from markets, not just traffic
  • Clear reporting on which countries deserve more budget
  • One team accountable for the site and the campaigns
  • Content that reads as though it was written locally

Aviation company · UAE market

more qualified, high-intent leads, year on year
165%
more total conversions, with better lead quality
5%

Paid campaigns also produced bookings for the first time, up from none the year before.

Client results

Qualified leads from a bilingual market

An established aviation company needed more high-intent enquiries in the UAE, where competition is high and buyers often search in both Arabic and English. We rebuilt its paid search around Arabic and English keyword targeting, ad copy adapted for native Arabic and international audiences, and landing pages matched to high-intent searches.

What we changed

  • Arabic and English keyword targeting, including transliteration variations
  • Messaging refined for trust, discretion and premium service in the region
  • Tracking that separates qualified leads from general enquiries

Case studies

Serious work, measured commercially

Al Khaleejion Kitchens

Kitchen supplier / Saudi Arabia

~300%

More users from paid advertising

Arabic PPC for Saudi buyers

Market, keyword and competitor research in Arabic, a restructured Google Ads account and Arabic ads. In the first month, the conversion rate rose by 50% and enquiries and sales by 20%.

  • Arabic
  • PPC
Read the full case study for Al Khaleejion Kitchens

The British Museum

Museum / Arabic website

100+

Pages built in Arabic

An Arabic website for The British Museum

The museum's CMS did not handle Arabic well, so we produced the Arabic site on a range of page templates, with the layout reversed for right-to-left reading and styling adapted for Arabic lettering.

  • Arabic
  • Website
Read the full case study for The British Museum

Hatchbag.de

Ecommerce / Germany

231%

Higher November sales than a year earlier

German eCommerce results in seven weeks

SEO and PPC for a UK company's German store: technical and content work, a better Google Shopping feed and UX changes. November was the site's best month for sales in its lifetime.

  • German
  • SEO
  • PPC
Read the full case study for Hatchbag.de

St Giles International

Education / English language school

5

New languages across a 20-page site map

Website localisation in five languages

Native-speaker content, localised images and course details, keyword research per language, and localised metadata, URLs and hreflang, so each version ranks in local search.

  • Multilingual
  • Website
  • SEO
Read the full case study for St Giles International

Antargaz

Energy / Germany

3.4k

Users in the first two months

A new German website, launched and marketed

After the German site went live, we ran a German SEO content plan, HubSpot onboarding, paid and organic social and Google Ads. In the third month, the site had 1.66k users from PPC.

  • German
  • SEO
  • PPC
Read the full case study for Antargaz

Total Logistics

B2B / supply chain consultancy

5,500+

Targeted visitors to the Dutch site

English and Dutch PPC, campaign by campaign

Each language runs as its own campaign with its own keywords, ads, landing pages and budget, written with native Dutch speakers. The average cost per visitor stayed under 90p.

  • Dutch
  • PPC
Read the full case study for Total Logistics

Selected clients

  • The Royal Marsden Private Care
  • London Specialist Hospitals
  • K9 Jets
  • RealD
  • Private Jet Charter
  • IRIS
  • FDS Consult
  • F1 Authentics
  • Fire Design Solutions
  • Holemaker Technology
  • Tiles360
  • Be Safe Direct

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

How many languages have you worked in?

More than 15 to date, from Arabic and Chinese to German and Japanese, across campaigns and website builds in over 20 countries.

Do you use translation software?

Not for anything a customer reads. Adverts, landing pages and product content are written or checked by native speakers. Machine translation is only ever a first draft for internal review.

Can you run the campaigns as well as build the sites?

Yes, and it is usually cheaper that way. The same team plans the market, builds the language site and runs the paid search and SEO against it, so nothing gets lost between a developer and an agency in another country.

We already have translated pages that are not ranking. Can you help?

That is one of the most common enquiries we get. Translated pages often fail because the words customers actually search for in that market are not the direct translation of the English terms, and because hreflang and site structure have been set up badly. Both are fixable.

Do we need a separate site per market?

Rarely. Most clients are better served by one platform with properly structured language versions. Separate domains only make sense where the market, brand or legal position genuinely differs.

Still have a question?

Next step

Tell us which markets you are considering and we will tell you what the demand looks like.

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