Visual Studio is a great IDE, but when it comes to translating
resource files, VS is a bit overkill for the average translator.
I have just "open sourced" a few translation-oriented utilities for
RESX files, namely "RESX Editor" and "Resx2word converter" (GPL
license).
Release notes
http://blog.vermorel.com/?p=73
Project page
http://resx.sourceforge.net/
Best regards,
Joannès