English and French
Bilingual booking software for small businesses in Canada
Your clients book, get their emails and open their quotes and invoices in English or French. Here is what DeMark really does in each language, and what it does not do.
What your clients see in their language
- The booking page opens in the language of the client's browser or of the link, among the languages your business has turned on, and a button switches between them.
- The language chosen is saved with the appointment. Confirmation and reminder emails then go out in that language.
- If you use text-message reminders, they follow the same language.
- Dates and times are written the way each language writes them, in your local time zone.
- Service names and descriptions, and your cancellation policy, are shown in the client's language, as you wrote them.
- Quotes and invoices can be shown in English or French, and the terms printed on them are saved in the client's language or, failing that, your business's.
- Your own dashboard is also available in English and French.
Doing business in French in Quebec
Quebec has its own requirements about the use of French in commerce and customer service. They vary with the type and size of business, so we do not summarize them here.
Official source: Office québécois de la langue française.
DeMark is booking software, not legal advice. For what applies to your business, ask the OQLF or a professional.
What it does not do
- It does not translate for you. You write service names, descriptions and your cancellation policy in each language; if a service has no French text, the English one is shown, and a policy written in only one language is not shown in the other.
- Internal notices sent to your business, such as a moved or cancelled booking, are written in English.
- It works in English and French only.
Prices and trial
Essential is 49 CAD a month and Complete is 99 CAD a month. Start with a 7-day trial (no card needed). The free website draft is separate and asks for no payment details.
Try it in both languages
7 days of the Complete plan, no card needed. Book a test appointment in English and in French and see the emails for yourself.