I think you have completely misunderstood what the translate function does.

Take a look at the FAQ under "replace".

Michael Kay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kotes mog [mailto:kotesm@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 06 August 2004 22:36
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  using traslate function to replace strings
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use translate to change 
> 
> "${VITRIA}" to "dependency". The following code is
> changing "${VITRIA}" to "dependenc". Please let me
> know if there is any better way to change the strings
> 
> <xsl:attribute name="VALUE">
>                 <xsl:value-of
> select="translate(@VALUE,'${VITRIA}','dependency')"/>
>             </xsl:attribute>
> 
> thanks for the help
> 
> --kotes
> 
> 
> 
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