Veilleur

Charter of the French Language · Bill 96

Does your website keep its promises in French?

The OQLF received more than 11,000 complaints last year, and it looks at your site the day someone complains. A forgotten "Checkout" button on your French page is a complaint waiting to be filed. Veilleur finds it first.

Free, no account. About twenty pages, one to two minutes. Full report on screen, dated PDF included. Your email is only used to send you the link. Privacy.

What an inspector sees

Veilleur renders every page in a real browser, like a person, and reads what is displayed: menus, buttons, forms, terms of sale, cart.

Findings, not a score

Every finding quotes the offending string and the element that holds it. "Your cart is empty in h1.majortitle" is a work order, not an argument.

No false accusations

A brand name is not English. A single word is not evidence. When in doubt, Veilleur asks a question rather than making an accusation.

What Veilleur checks

  1. A French version exists and can be reached from the home page, not hidden behind an address to guess.
  2. The pages that matter, terms, checkout, pricing, contact, sign-in, exist in French.
  3. Every English page has its French counterpart, not a reduced summary.
  4. No English strings are left on French pages: buttons, fields, error messages, third-party widgets.
  5. The French is French: anglicisms the OQLF has a word for, dates and prices written the English way ($29.99 rather than 29,99 $), and on request, a copy editor's reading of the prose.

Then, as a subscription: Veilleur comes back every morning and warns you the day English returns after a deployment. Yesterday's report does not cover this morning's release.

A report, now

Enter your site's address. If everything is in order, you will know in two minutes. If not, you will know exactly what to fix.

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