Resource file issue

Hello everyone,

Is it possible to define resources (like messages in different language translations, different title for the same person in different application scenarios) into a separate file (DLL or some other forms are both fine)? So that when we code, we just need to care about message ID and developer could separate from what the message ID actually maps to different messages in different languages or different scenarios (message ID will map to different message during runtime in different application scenarios)?

thanks in advance,
George