Abstract: A system and method for localizing web pages automatically replacing strings with codes in a preselected way, associating the strings with the codes, localizing the strings, and compiling the web pages having the codes and localized strings. When a request for a web page arrives, the locale is determined, the codes are located in the modified web page associated with the requested web page and used as indices, along with the locale, into the set of localized strings. The strings at the location of the codes are dynamically replaced, in a data stream that forms a localized web page, automatically with their localized versions, thus localizing the web page.