# Elegantly handling web localization using XML?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/elegantly-handling-web-localization-using-xml/278781>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 5, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/elegantly-handling-web-localization-using-xml/278781 "2009-01-05T19:29:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/elegantly-handling-web-localization-using-xml/278781/1 "2009-01-05T19:29:42Z")

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When working on large sites which require the localization of strings, is there any “must-have” tools for doing this? The site I am working on is translated into several languages and our method for updating strings is fairly sloppy, leading to missing strings and/or untranslated text.

Any thoughts?