Q&A

Q1:Is it possible to have multiple forms with multiple locales running in the same Windows Forms application?
A1: Yes, that's 100% possible. Because the running thread defines the CurrentUICulture, you can create a new thread in your application to display another locale. The following pseudo-code does just that: 
Sub Main()
   Dim t1 as new Thread(AddressOf DoLocale1)
   Dim t2 as new Thread(AddressOf DoLocale2)
End Sub

Sub DoLocale1()
   t1.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo(ìes-ESî)
End Sub

Sub DoLocale2()
   t2.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo(ìtt-RUî)
End Sub

In the code for the individual threads, you could create a new ResourceManager instance to retrieve the culture specific resources from the XML-based resource assembly file.

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