using traslate function to replace strings

Hi,

I am trying to use translate to change 

"${VITRIA}" to "dependency". The following code is
changing "${VITRIA}" to "dependenc". Please let me
know if there is any better way to change the strings

<xsl:attribute name="VALUE">
                <xsl:value-of
select="translate(@VALUE,'${VITRIA}','dependency')"/>
            </xsl:attribute>

thanks for the help

--kotes



                
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail