Application and software localization methods

In general there are three different way to localize an application or a sofware.

File	Description	Language	Supported
Localized application	Localized application is a copy of original application file. Resource data has been translated into the target language.	Fixed	All platforms
Multilingual application	Localized application is the original application file with one or more resource files.	The application can choose the language when it starts.	Delphi Windows Forms WPF Visual C++
Multilingual application with runtime language change	As above but the application contains code to perform runtime language change.	As above but the application can change the language also on run time.	Delphi Windows Forms WPF