A system (100) and method for application sharing based on automatic translation by: running an application in a source language (310), automatically translating (210) at least part of the application from the source language to a target language, and sharing (110) the application in the target language (320). Interception of the application occurs at as high as possible a level so that text methods can be intercepted. The translation may use translation memory (230), machine translation (240) or a combination of these with human translation (250). The sharing may be performed by Windows™ application sharing (120), Java™ application sharing (130), web server redirection (140) or web browser redirection (150). This provides the following advantage(s): An application sharing system can be used, with a link to an automated translated system (either translation memory or machine translation depending on the usage) such that the remote/copy version of the application appears translated. This remote/copy version can be either local to a single machine or displayed remotely with a system such as sametime. It can also apply to web sites, applied locally or from the server.