Cymraeg
Bookkeeping in Welsh, because nobody else does it
We have not found a complete Welsh interface in any of the mainstream bookkeeping products we checked. Alwen is being built bilingual from the start, by a company working in Ceredigion.
What is in Welsh today
The whole of this website, and the app's dashboard, statutory deadlines, ledger-audit badge, Companies House filing screens and company records. The language switch is per person and remembered, so two people sharing a company's books can each work in their own language.
Dates follow Welsh convention rather than being translated word for word, which sounds small until you see a Welsh page showing an English month.
What is not, yet
The rest of the app. We would rather say that plainly than let you find out after moving your books. The work continues and the bilingual interface is listed on our home page under what is not ready.
The chart of accounts a new company starts with is currently in English. If Welsh account names would be useful to you, tell us - it is a decision about what your accountant will read as much as what you will.
Why it is the right terminology, not a translation
Company-secretarial terms come from the Companies House English-to-Welsh glossary, published under its Welsh Language Scheme, rather than from a translator's judgement. Those are the terms that appear on a Welsh filing.
A check runs on every build that fails the release if a Welsh string drifts from the glossary, or if an English string is left untranslated. It found three real errors the first time it ran.
Would you use this in Welsh?
We would like to hear from Welsh-speaking business owners and bookkeepers, including about what we have got wrong.