Recognition
Do you recognize yourself?
Your site opens in English by default, even in Quebec.
The French version exists, but it is incomplete or older.
Your forms, error messages and automatic emails are in English.
Your downloadable documents only exist in English.
A francization approach is underway, and the web component remains orphaned.
What it costs your business
Beyond the applicable obligations, the linguistic aspect directly affects your business: an English-first site in Quebec sends a signal, to your clients and to your candidates. And when a francization process is underway, the site is often the most visible element, and the easiest to check from the outside. It is also the one that drags on the longest, due to lack of someone to execute it.
Delivery
THE GXN INTERVENTION
We inventory all content displayed on your site and around it,pages, interfaces, forms, system messages, transactional emails, documents,and correct the technical aspects: default language, version equivalences, proper multilingual structure. We work with your localization consultant or legal advisor to define applicable requirements.
Decision benchmark
TYPICAL WEB FIXES
- Default language : a Quebec visitor arrives in French, without manipulation.
- Equivalence of versions : the French content is complete and up to date, not a partial translation two years old.
- Interface elements : menus, buttons, form labels, error messages, confirmation texts.
- Transactional emails : confirmations, password resets, automatic notifications: often forgotten, always visible.
- Downloadable documents : catalogueueueueueues, files, PDF forms.
- Commercial content : descriptions of products and services, conditions, prices.
- Technical elements : language declaration in the code, address structure, correspondences between linguistic versions.
Decision benchmark
PROPER MULTILINGUALISM
A multilingual site that is not well structured twice harms: compliance and SEO. Well structured, it serves both. What this implies: a clear architecture (each version has its own addresses), reported correspondence between versions, a language detection that does not imprison the visitor, and a French that is a version in its own right, not a machine translation placed above. The same work meets your linguistic obligations and improves your visibility. It's rare, a construction site that pays twice.
Scope
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Complete linguistic inventory of the site and its peripherals · correction of the default language · upgrade of version equivalence · translation of interface elements and system messages · transactional emails · own technical multilingual structure · documentation for your file · collaboration with your francization consultant.
Process
HOW IT HAPPENS
- 01Evaluation : the visible linguistic state of your site.
- 02Assessment : Complete inventory, including hidden items.
- 03Recommendations : fixes, prioritized.
- 04Execution : technical and structural corrections.
- 05Verification : courses tested in both languages, emails included.
- 06Ongoing support : maintaining equivalence with each new content.
Qualification
GOOD CANDIDATE / LESS GOOD CANDIDATE
For you if: a francization approach is ongoing or anticipated · your site is English-first or unbalanced · you want the web component to stop hanging out. Not for you if: you are looking for an opinion on the obligations that apply to your company (this is the role of your advisor) · your site is already entirely French and equivalent.
The scope and modalities are specified after the evaluation, before any commitment.
Frequently asked questions
FAQs
01Should everything be translated?
The question generally concerns the equivalence and priority of French, more than the existence of English. The precise requirements applicable to your business are up to your advisor; we carry out the technical aspect.
02Can English remain available on the website?
A well-structured bilingual site is commonplace. What counts technically: French by default, equivalence and completeness. For interpretation of requirements, refer to your advisor.
03Do you work with our francization consultant?
Yes, regularly. It defines what is required; we make it real in the platform.
04Does GXN translate website content?
We coordinate and integrate. For substantive content, a professional translation remains the best choice; we can guide you.
Send us your site address. We will tell you where French is lacking, including where no one is looking.