1. A computer implemented method for translating an expression, including: accepting, using a computer, a first expression in a first syntax, the expression including a first character sequence representing a quoted string value using the first quoting syntax; identifying a second syntax for representing the expression; and generating, using a computer, a second expression in the second syntax representing the first expression, including generating a second character sequence using the first character sequence such that the second character sequence represents the quoted string value using the second syntax.