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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<greet>
 <greeting xml:lang="en">Welcome</greeting>
 <greeting xml:lang="fr">Bienvenue</greeting>
 <greeting xml:lang="es">Bienvenido</greeting>
 <greeting xml:lang="de">Willkommen</greeting>
</greet>


File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:template match="greet">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="greeting[lang('fr')]" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="greeting[lang('fr')]">
    <xsl:text>French: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

French: Bienvenue