An XSLT style sheet and an XML dictionary approach to internationalization

        
	<?xml version='1.0'?>
	<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
	<xsl:param name="doc-file"/>
	<xsl:param name="currentLocale"/>
	<xsl:template match="text()|@*"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="*|node()" priority="1">
		<xsl:copy>
			<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/><xsl:apply-templates/>
		</xsl:copy>
	</xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="/"><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="*[@nlsid]" priority="5">
	   <xsl:copy>
		<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
		<xsl:apply-templates select="./*"/>
		<xsl:variable name="myKey" select="@nlsid"/>
		<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="document($doc-file)/locale/*[name()=$myKey]">
                <xsl:value-of select="document($doc-file)/locale/*[name()=$myKey]/*[name()=$currentLocale]"/>
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:otherwise>
		 <xsl:value-of select="."/>
		</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>
	    </xsl:copy>	
	</xsl:template>
	</xsl:stylesheet>