Switzerland

To which language should you translate to localize in Switzerland?

Official language

German (62.5%; 5.53 mln), French (21.3%; 1.88 mln), Italian (8.3%; 734k), Romansh (0.5%; 44k).

Actual languages

German (62.5%; 5.53 mln), French (21.3%; 1.88 mln), Italian (8.3%; 734k), Croatian (1.4%; 123k), Albanian (1.3%; 115k), Portuguese (1.2%; 106k), Spanish (1.1%; 97k), Romansh (0.5%; 44k), other (2.4%; 212k)

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Switzerland

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

• 65/150 localize by translating into German, French and Italian
• 55/150 localize by translating into both German and French
• 4/150 localize by translating into German
• 1/150 localizes by translating into German, French, Italian, Romansh and Swiss Sign Language
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both German and Italian
• 1/150 localizes by translating into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian
• 1/150 localizes by translating into German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Romanian, Polish, Bahasa Indonesia, Hungarian, Thai and Ukrainian