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Written in your language, not translated

A real Clay site, built from a Google listing

Clay picks the language from the country of your Google listing, writes the site in it, and puts the page addresses in it too.

Takes less than a minute · no sign-up or credit card required

A website that was written in English and then translated reads like one. The words are all there and the rhythm is wrong, and a local customer knows by the second line that the page was not written for them.

A Clay site is written in one language from the start. The country on your Google listing chooses it, unless about a hundred of your own reviews clearly say otherwise, and the copywriter is told to write in that language rather than translate out of English.

In short

Eight languages, chosen from your Google listing
Written natively, no English draft underneath
Page addresses in the same language: /menukaart, /bezoek
One language per site: no switcher, no second version
Een Nederlandse site
MenukaartWat we serveren
/menukaart
BezoekAdres en openingstijden
/bezoek
ReserverenTafel voor twee
/reserveren
VragenVeelgestelde vragen
/vragen
How the language is chosen

The country, then the reviews

The country of your Google listing decides it. Reviews can overrule that, but only when they are clear, at least three of them carrying real words, and half the pool agreeing, and the language is read off the sentences themselves rather than off a label a provider attached.

The mapping is deliberately careful. Indonesia, the UAE, India, Singapore, the US and the UK all come out in English even where a pack exists, so a business in Bali gets an English site unless its own reviews say otherwise.

And the site records why: country or reviews, which pool was counted and what the tally was, so the decision can be checked later rather than argued about.

What you get

One thing is not in the pack yet: the Add button on a shop's catalogue card is English on every site, whatever language the rest of it is in.

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Written, not translated

The copywriter is told the language and writes every word in it. Nothing is drafted in English and passed through a machine.

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The addresses are in it too

A Dutch site links to /menukaart and /bezoek. Every language's word for a page still resolves, so a printed card never dies.

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Buttons, forms and hours as well

Section titles, form labels, the booking calendar, the error messages and the opening-hours words come out of the same pack.

What it looks like when it is live

Drawn rather than described, the page, the address, and what it can switch on.

In a search result
Found the way people actually look
yourrestaurant.clay.site
Restaurant
Open now · rating and reviews from Google · map and directions
Your address
Free to start, your own name when you want it
https://yourrestaurant.clay.site
Free foreverYour own domain, included on Pro

Questions

How long does it really take?

Most people are live in two to three minutes, search your business, pick a style, publish. There is nothing to install and no signup needed to see your site first, because it is built from your Google listing rather than from a blank page.

Is it free?

Yes. You get a live site on your own name.clay.site address with a small badge in the footer, and nothing expires. The paid plan is your own domain, the badge removed and the pro features.

Do I need any tech skills?

None. If you can type your business name, you can build a Clay site: the live page is the editor, so you tap the thing you want to change. There is no code anywhere, and nothing to install or keep updated, see the WordPress comparison for what that saves.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes, buy it wherever you like and point it at Clay on a paid plan; the certificate is issued for you. Until then the free name.clay.site address is a real one you can print, and it keeps working afterwards.

Can the site be in two languages?

No. One site, one language, there is no switcher, no second version of a page and no hreflang on a business site. If you genuinely need Dutch and English, that is two sites, and running more than one is a paid plan: the paid plan and your own domain.

My business is in Bali. Will the site be in Bahasa Indonesia?

Not on its own. Indonesia is mapped to English, along with the UAE, India, Singapore, the US and the UK, we would rather be careful than put a business in front of its customers in the wrong language. Choose Bahasa Indonesia yourself in Business info, or let an Indonesian review majority decide it.

Why did some words stay in the old language after I switched?

Switching only re-does the standard copy that is still ours. A heading you wrote, a paragraph you rewrote, your dish names and your prices stay exactly as they are, translating a menu is how a price or a dish quietly goes wrong: what a Clay menu holds.

Real sites, made with Clay

Open one. It is the live site in a frame, not a screenshot, so what you see is what it looks like right now.

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