Languages
Your guests come from everywhere. Driftwood speaks their language.
The guest dashboard renders in English, Spanish, and French today. Guests pick their language with a globe button in the header; their choice persists per-device. Public displays can show up to four languages side-by-side.
Three languages today
English
Default for every property.
Español
Hospitality + maritime register.
Français
Canadian-French formatting by default.
Auto-translate your messages
- Write once — your welcome message, room card text, disclaimers, or warnings in your source language.
- Click "Save and translate" — Driftwood sends the draft to Claude for translation into your other languages, preserving formatting and tone.
- Edit translations directly — override anything the AI got wrong; the override sticks.
Quota: 5 translations per hour, 10 per day by default. Cost absorbed in your subscription.
Where language shows up
- Guest dashboard — globe button switches the whole page.
- In-room device — pulls the room's resolved language from cloud config.
- Lobby displays — each display has its own language list; show 1–4 languages on screen at once.
- Manage portal admin UI — currently English-only.
Roadmap
- Canadian French formatting — shipped (12-hour clocks, °C units, locale-aware dates).
- German — queued behind a confirmed customer ask.
- Portuguese, Italian — likely follow when a Madeira or Italian coast property signs up.
Multilingual hospitality, ready to go.
Multi-language requires Boutique tier or higher.