I'm building a website for the company of my parents. However they want multi-language support. I was thinking of the different ways to implement this. However I am curious as to the best practices and how to make the website have a minimal upkeep.
It's just a static front-end (based on Bootstrap) informative website without CMS or active conten management.
Are there other best practices to implement this without resorting to a clunky CMS like Drupal / WordPress ...
The optimal solution also depends on how extensive the site is, how many languages it contains, and what functionality, scalability or Online Marketing is required for the future. Drupal meets all these requirements also in terms of language switcher, different META-Tags etc. Okay, Drupal needs a bit workforce for understanding, structured way of working and documentation. Django is more programmer friendly which demands more technical but Drupal is more user friendly.
With little effort you can offer your websites in other languages with Google Translate: https://support.google.com/translate/answer/2534601?hl=en