Websites That Speak Your Customers' Languages
A multilingual Squarespace website is one site that serves each visitor in their own language — with search engines indexing every language version separately, so you get found in each market you serve. That is what I build: design, translation setup, and the technical SEO layer that makes both languages actually rank. This site you're reading runs exactly that setup — switch it to Lithuanian in the header, and you're looking at the proof.
Who this is for
Service businesses whose customers don't all speak one language: salons and clinics with international clients, restaurants in tourist areas, studios serving expat communities, professionals selling across borders. If half your Instagram messages arrive in another language — or you keep answering the same questions in two languages — your website should be doing that work for you. A single-language site quietly turns those visitors away, and you never see it happen in any report.
What a properly multilingual site includes
One site, not two. You edit content once; the translation layer keeps every language in sync. No duplicate site to maintain, no second subscription to forget.
Separately indexable language versions. Each language lives on its own URLs, so Google can rank the Lithuanian pages in Lithuania and the English pages in the UK — at the same time.
Correct hreflang tags. The invisible plumbing that tells search engines which version to show to whom. Most DIY multilingual sites get this wrong and compete against themselves.
Translated titles and meta descriptions. The text people see in Google results. Most "translated" sites forget these — the page is bilingual but its search listing never is, so the second language stays invisible.
A language switcher visitors actually find, in the header where they expect it.
Hand-polished translations on the pages that sell. Machine translation is good enough for a blog archive; it is not good enough for the page where someone decides to pay you. Money pages must read as written, not converted.
How the setup works
I build the site on Squarespace, connect Weglot as the translation layer, and configure the part most setups skip: language subdomains with clean URLs, hreflang pairs between every translated page, translated SEO metadata, and exclusion rules so hand-written pages in one language are never machine-overwritten. Search engines then treat each language as a first-class site. The result is measurable — my own Lithuanian pages and English pages rank independently for their own queries.
The mistakes that keep multilingual sites invisible
JavaScript-only translation widgets. The page translates in the browser, but there are no separate URLs for Google to index — so the second language simply doesn't exist in search.
Untranslated metadata. The body is translated, the search listing isn't. Clicks never come.
Auto-redirecting visitors by IP. Feels clever, breaks crawling and annoys people who wanted the other language.
Translating everything blindly. Some pages should stay in one language on purpose. Deciding what NOT to translate is part of the architecture.
Why me
I run my own business in two languages, so I build this for myself first and my clients second. Squarespace Circle Gold member (partner since 2024), 12 published builds, bilingual EN/LT, and my written guide on this exact setup is one of the most-referenced Squarespace multilingual resources online. A guide can't build your site, though — that's what this page is for. Read the full technical guide or browse the live builds.
Pricing
Multilingual builds start at £800 (Showcase tier plus full language setup). The translation service itself is billed by Weglot — a small monthly cost that depends on word count, and I'll tell you exactly which plan you need before you commit, so there are no surprises. Already have a Squarespace site? Adding a second language properly is a fixed-scope project: audit, setup, hreflang, metadata, polish — ask and I'll quote it after a quick look.
Frequently asked questions
Does Squarespace support multiple languages natively?
Not fully — that's why the setup matters. Done wrong, Google only ever sees one language. Done properly with a translation layer, each language version is separately indexable.
Will my site rank in both languages?
Each language version is separately indexable with correct hreflang — that's the point of doing it properly. Rankings themselves depend on competition and content, as everywhere; the setup removes the technical ceiling.
Can you translate the content?
The tool translates everything automatically; I hand-review the pages that sell. For Lithuanian I do it natively — it reads as written, not converted.
What does Weglot cost?
From roughly £13/month depending on word count. I size the right plan before you commit.
How long does it take?
Adding a language to an existing Squarespace site: usually one to two weeks including the polish pass. A new bilingual build: three to five weeks from the moment I have your content.
Can I have more than two languages?
Yes — the same architecture scales; each added language mainly affects the translation plan size, not the build.
Will new content translate automatically?
Yes. Publish in your main language and the translation layer picks it up; anything important gets a human pass.
Not sure your current site handles languages correctly?
Run the free website check — or write to info@uogaweb.com and I'll reply within a day.