Many questions about internationalization options

In RS 2000, I have a version of a set of reports (50+) that are in English and formatted for US letter size. I need to have all of these also in French in A4.
What is the best way to do this? Can I use resource files? If so, for the formatting size as well as the language? How would I do that?
If I can't use resource files, are there any other ideas than a set of separate rdl files?
Is this any different in RS 2005?

Hi Patty,

I am interested to seeing some feedback from the microsoft guys themselves on this (multilingual reports).

I have spent the past days on and of looking for some good references on this. You could even drop the good because there is nothing to find on this!

Bert

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Here's Microsoft's answer to internationalization:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/RSCREATE/htm/rcr_creating_building_v1_31bn.asp

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There is a way to use expression to be able to internationalize labels within a report. With each meta data element within your report you specify a switch statement where you translate the label into the respective language. Via a report parameter you pass in the language of choice which is then translated at runtime.

E.g.

Label Expression (right-click on label within report):

=Switch ( Parameters!Language.Value = "E", "English Label", Parameters!Language.Value = "D", "Deutscher Label" ... )sql