Storing foreign languages in a string

Hi all.
I have a multi-language application. It has a textfield that allows users to type in values in a language of their choice. This value is stored in a string. The class which contains this string will be serialized. My problem is how can I retrieve the value of that string, after de-serialization, and display it back to the user in the same language it was enter?
My solution was to take the value the user has entered and convert it into unicode. Therefore, when I display the string, it will always be in the original language. Is there a better solution?
thanks,
Paul

Strings are already in Unicode, you know. And you would have to do something to prevent the user from seeing what they typed in, if your code does what you say, so there must be something you haven't said.

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