9. A computing device having at least one processor and a memory, comprising: a receiving module configured to receive a request from an application to provide a first word for use by the application; a first determination module configured to determine a default language of the computing device; an accessing module configured to access one or more resources stored in the memory; a second determination module configured to determine if the one or more resources include the first word in the default language by iteratively eliminating, based on identified qualifiers, resource directories for the one or more resources until only one resource directory remains, the one resource directory excluding resource files that contradict a configuration of the computing device; and a transmitting module, the transmitting module configured to transmit the first word in the default language to the application if the one or more resources include the first word in the default language, the transmitting module configured to transmit the first word and an indication of the default language to a translation server, receive from the translation server a second word obtained by translating the first word into the default language, and transmit the second word to the application.
10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more resources include resources stored as text files.