This disclosure describes systems, methods and software programs for transforming and/or translating a variety of documents, including without limitation XSL documents. In one aspect, any static information may be removed from XSL/FO files before transforming those files. This can greatly enhance the speed of transformation of such files. In another aspect, an XSL/FO file can be tagged in order to allow for the identification of the translatable data, such that the translatable data can be removed from the XSL/FO file and inserted into an XLIFF file. The translatable data can be then translated (e.g., by an automated process, by a human translator, etc.) and/or inserted back into an XSL file after translation.