public function translateSelectOptions($optSelect) {
	
		// load translation strings
		$this->loadStrings();
		
		foreach ($optSelect as $value=>$text) {
			
			// tricks to leave untranslated english-only options
			if (strtoupper($text) == $text and strlen($text) > 3) {
				$optSelect[$value] = $this->get($text);
			}
			
		}
	
		return $optSelect;
	
	}