At Hostik, French isn't an option buried in the settings — it's the default language. Your housekeepers read their first task in French, your managers create their account in French, and your guest page shows in French. And when an international team arrives, eight other languages are already ready.
Foreign software translated in a hurry adds a thousand small snags: clumsy phrasing, American date formats, buttons that ring hollow. Hostik is written in French first — every other language starts from there.
The new housekeeper picks up the app on her phone. Everything is in French: the task, the photo, the sign-off, the check-list. No machine-translated screenshots, no "Save" buttons next to "Sauvegarder". She is effective on her very first room, with no language training.
The manager of a Parisian hotel creates an account. The whole admin screen is in French — assignment rules, key figures, accounting exports, night-cap tracking (Paris, 90 days). Everything in the working language, with no robotic sentences.
The room's QR code spots the language of the guest's phone and switches between French, English, Spanish, Portuguese (from Portugal or Brazil), German, Italian, Arabic or Romanian. The guest reads instructions, reports an issue, requests a service — in their own language.
Multiple languages weren't bolted on afterwards — they're part of the foundations. A clear list of languages, French by default, Arabic that reads right to left, and the two Portuguese kept apart.
When nothing indicates which language to use, Hostik shows French. It's a deliberate choice made in April 2026, not a technical fallback. Every new piece of text is written in French first, then translated.
French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Italian, Arabic and Romanian. Portuguese from Portugal and from Brazil are handled separately, because the vocabulary differs. In Arabic, the whole page flips automatically to read right to left.
A Brazilian guest sees Brazilian Portuguese, not Portugal's — and the other way around. Hostik looks not only at the language but at the region too, to avoid that kind of mismatch.
The showcase site is in French and English — the languages of people discovering Hostik. The tool your teams use every day offers all nine. Each audience is served in its language, with nothing wasted.
Many tools in the field offer English, Spanish, German, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian or Portuguese — but not French. For a team in France, Belgium, French-speaking Switzerland, Quebec or North Africa, the difference is clear-cut.
| Language of the working tool | Hostik | Most other tools |
|---|---|---|
| French | Default language | Often missing |
| English | Available | Available |
| Spanish | Available | Available |
| German | Available | Available |
| Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil distinct) | Both, separately | A single version |
| Italian | Available | Often missing |
| Arabic (reads right to left) | Available and well handled | Often missing |
| Romanian | Available | Often missing |
Request a demo: we launch the tool in French, switch to Arabic to show it reading right to left, create an account in Brazilian Portuguese. Three languages, three minutes, one piece of software.
