How to Come Up With a Web Design for Non-English Speaking Audience

October 19, 2009 5:58 am admin Business

Have you ever encountered a client that wants their Utah web design suitable also for a non-English audience? In this age of globalization, it is not surprising to find that certain website owners want their sites to be accessible to non-English speaking people.

The challenging part in here is that since you don’t know much foreign language, you can’t just come up with a web design that can be modified to cater to people who doesn’t speak and write English. You don’t need to throw in the towel just yet because there is something you can do. If you are ingenious enough, you will have thought of the following things already:

Make sure your web design is as light as possible. Do not use heavy photo files because this can affect download time. Take note that there are countries that have lower Internet bandwidth. And if your site is too heavy to load up fast, those people would have difficulties seeing your site. Leave a lot of white space since translating English to other languages can take up more space. Use styling sheets. Use fonts that are able to support foreign characters. When it comes to photos, make sure to leave enough space because translation text expansion can require the photos to be readjusted.