Question on Const and If...Then statements

[Sugapablo]

I'm trying to use the Const statement to define a group of constants.

I would like different groups of constants, one for each language (such
as english, spanish, etc.)

Depending on a variable (cookie, querystring, etc.) I would like the
constants to be defined differently.

One thing I tried was:
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FILE: const_eng.asp
<%
Const Line1 = "This is Line 1"
Const Line2 = "This is Line 2"
%>

FILE: const_esp.asp
<%
Const Line1 = "Espanol Numero Uno"
Const Line2 = "Espanol Numero Dos"
%>

FILE: const_test.asp
<% If Request.QueryString("lang") = "esp" Then %>
<!--#include file="const_esp.asp"-->
<% Else %>
<!--#include file="const_eng.asp"-->
<% End If

Response.Write Line1 & "<br>"
Response.Write Line2 & "<br>"
%>
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This didn't work.

Next I tried:

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FILE: const_lang.asp
<%
If Request.QueryString("lang") = "esp" Then
Const Line1 = "Espanol Numero Uno"
Const Line2 = "Espanol Numero Dos"
Else
Const Line1 = "This is Line 1"
Const Line2 = "This is Line 2"
End If
%>

FILE: const_test.asp
<!--#include file="const_test.asp"-->

<%
Response.Write Line1 & "<br>"
Response.Write Line2 & "<br>"
%>
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That didn't work either. I kept getting errors about redifining
constants.

So how can I accomplish this in ASP/VBScript. In PHP this is extermely
simple and used all the time for multiple language sites such as
PHP-Nuke.

ASPFAQ.com's suggetion on reading the file into a variable doesn't seem
to apply to my usage of constants in this manner either.

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