Patent ID: 7509318

Claim:
A method in a computer system for translating a string displayable on a display device, comprising: providing a list of strings in a second language, wherein: each entry of the list includes: a resource identification corresponding to a user interface element of the display device and a corresponding string in the second language, the corresponding string displayable within the user interface element, and each entry of the list excludes the corresponding string in any other language; obtaining a specific resource identification, wherein the specific resource identification identifies a specific user interface element of the display device on which a specific string is displayed in a first language; searching the list to find a specific entry including the specific resource identification; translating, without using a dictionary, the specific string from the first language into the second language by ascertaining, from the specific entry, a specific corresponding string in the second language; and displaying the specific corresponding string in the second language within the specific user interface element on the display device.