8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: retrieving the stored result; converting the retrieved stored result into a Unicode value; and determining whether the Unicode value falls within the private area.
1. A method for processing a character comprising: receiving a value corresponding to a character; determining whether the character is associated with a predetermined language based at least in part on the received value; transforming the value corresponding to the character into a transformed value that falls within a private area of Unicode if it is determined that the value corresponding to the character is not associated with the predetermined language; transforming the value corresponding to the character into a transformed value that falls outside of the private area of Unicode if it is determined that the value corresponding to the character is associated with the predetermined language; and storing a result of the transformation.