# Building Bilingual Nepali-English Websites for Businesses in Kathmandu, Nepal

> A bilingual Nepali–English website needs planning from day one: a CMS with a language variant for every page, clean language URLs, Devanagari-friendly fonts and spacing, and genuine human translation rather than machine-translated text.

Source: https://webappnepal.com/blog/bilingual-website-nepali-english
Provider: WebApp Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Published: 2025-07-24
Updated: 2026-08-07T21:03:41.000000Z

A significant share of our clients in Kathmandu, Nepal need their website in both English, for international customers and diaspora, and Nepali, for local audiences. A significant share of our clients need their website in both English, for international customers, tourists, and diaspora, and Nepali, for local audiences who prefer reading in their own language. Doing this well requires planning from the start, not translating content as an afterthought once the English site is finished.

Technically, this means structuring the CMS so every page has a language variant from the beginning, with clean URL patterns like a language prefix, and font and layout choices that render Devanagari script correctly, since Nepali text often needs different line spacing than Latin text to remain readable.

It also means genuine translation, not machine-translated text pasted in directly. Poorly translated Nepali content reads awkwardly to native speakers and undermines trust exactly with the audience it was meant to reach. We recommend having Nepali content reviewed by a fluent speaker before launch, even if it started from a professional translation.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do you build a bilingual Nepali and English site?

Plan for it from the start: a CMS with a language variant for every page, clean language URLs and fonts that render Devanagari correctly.

### Can I use machine translation?

It is not recommended. Poorly translated Nepali reads awkwardly to native speakers and undermines trust.

### Why does Nepali text need different spacing?

Devanagari often needs different line spacing than Latin text to stay readable.