iphone - reading from Localizable.strings file as a key-value in a dictionary

Question

I want to read the text from the localizable.strings file. I am collecting the strings for translation from several directories and file in one .strings file. But then I hav

Answer 1

  NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Localizable"
                                                   ofType:@"strings"                                                       
                                              inDirectory:nil
                                          forLocalization:@"ja"];

  // compiled .strings file becomes a "binary property list"
  NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:path];

  NSString *jaTranslation = [dict objectForKey:@"hello"];