One school, three languages
The Arica School is a nonprofit with an English-only Webflow site. They needed visitors to be able to read the site in Portuguese and Spanish, with their own volunteer translation teams supplying and managing the translations, and they wanted it live by August 1.
Built, translated and handed over
2021: Localization with Weglot
We installed and configured Weglot on the existing Webflow site and set up Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese versions, including menus and navigation, each on its own subdomain. We worked inside the school's existing process, with Slack and Asana for coordination and Mantis for tracking issues, and had the languages in place in time for the August 1 target.
Training the translation teams
We coached the translators on adding and editing their translations themselves, so each language team could keep its version of the site current without waiting on a developer.
2023: Book pages and a new foundation page
Working with The Oscar Ichazo Foundation, we coached two team members over video calls as they built a publications page and a reusable landing page template for Oscar Ichazo's books, so they could keep adding books on their own. We also built a new page for the foundation from the team's mockups, updated the main menu around it, and fixed a CMS issue that sent a "Read now" button to the wrong flipbook.
Fixes, and training that came with them
As the school's own team took over running the site, we fixed the issues that came up and turned each fix into training on how to manage that part of the site. Most recently, in 2025, we repaired a CMS collection so countries and states without listed sponsors stay hidden, and recorded a tutorial video so the team can manage it going forward.
A team that runs its own site
The Arica School's site runs in English, Spanish, and Portuguese today, with the school's own team managing the translations and content.
“We are 100% satisfied. Matthew is sharp, responsive, and very talented. He went above and beyond to make sure our Portuguese and Spanish users were well-assisted.” Paul F., The Arica School
