function translateStateCode(st) {    
    switch(st) {

        case 'AL':
        stateName='Alabama';
        break;
        case 'AK':
        stateName='Alaska';
        break;
        case 'AZ':
        stateName='Arizona';
        break;
        case 'AR':
        stateName='Arkansas';
        break;
        case 'CA':
        stateName='California';
        break;
        case 'CO':
        stateName='Colorado';
        break;
        case 'CT':
        stateName='Connecticut';
        break;
        case 'DE':
        stateName='Delaware';
        break;
        case 'DC':
        stateName='District of Columbia';
        break;
        case 'FL':
        stateName='Florida';
        break;
        case 'GA':
        stateName='Georgia';
        break;
        case 'HI':
        stateName='Hawaii';
        break;
        case 'ID':
        stateName='Idaho';
        break;
        case 'IL':
        stateName='Illinois';
        break;
        case 'IN':
        stateName='Indiana';
        break;
        case 'IA':
        stateName='Iowa';
        break;
        case 'KS':
        stateName='Kansas';
        break;
        case 'KY':
        stateName='Kentucky';
        break;
        case 'LA':
        stateName='Louisiana';
        break;
        case 'ME':
        stateName='Maine';
        break;
        case 'MD':
        stateName='Maryland';
        break;
        case 'MA':
        stateName='Massachusetts';
        break;
        case 'MI':
        stateName='Michigan';
        break;
        case 'MN':
        stateName='Minnesota';
        break;
        case 'MS':
        stateName='Mississippi';
        break;
        case 'MO':
        stateName='Missouri';
        break;
        case 'MT':
        stateName='Montana';
        break;
        case 'NE':
        stateName='Nebraska';
        break;
        case 'NV':
        stateName='Nevada';
        break;
        case 'NH':
        stateName='New Hampshire';
        break;
        case 'NJ':
        stateName='New Jersey';
        break;
        case 'NM':
        stateName='New Mexico';
        break;
        case 'NY':
        stateName='New York';
        break;
        case 'NC':
        stateName='North Carolina';
        break;
        case 'ND':
        stateName='North Dakota';
        break;
        case 'OH':
        stateName='Ohio';
        break;
        case 'OK':
        stateName='Oklahoma';
        break;
        case 'OR':
        stateName='Oregon';
        break;
        case 'PA':
        stateName='Pennsylvania';
        break;
        case 'RI':
        stateName='Rhode Island';
        break;
        case 'SC':
        stateName='South Carolina';
        break;
        case 'SD':
        stateName='South Dakota';
        break;
        case 'TN':
        stateName='Tennessee';
        break;
        case 'TX':
        stateName='Texas';
        break;
        case 'UT':
        stateName='Utah';
        break;
        case 'VT':
        stateName='Vermont';
        break;
        case 'VA':
        stateName='Virginia';
        break;
        case 'WA':
        stateName='Washington';
        break;
        case 'WV':
        stateName='West Virginia';
        break;
        case 'WI':
        stateName='Wisconsin';
        break;
        case 'WY':
        stateName='Wyoming';
        break;
        default: stateName = st;
    }
    return stateName;
}