Special Menu Items - Multilingual (i18n) support

This module is small, but fantastic at the same time.
I found out that it didn't work properly with my multilingual site.

I hacked the code to support i18n, but I'm new to "Patching", so would like someone to add the patch from the code below, or instruct me on how to add a patch.

/**
 * Override of theme_menu_item_link()
 * This function will render link if it is "nolink" or "separator". Otherwise it will call originally 
 * overwriten menu_item_link function. 
 */
function special_menu_itemsoverwrite_menu_item_link($link) {   
  $theme_overwrite=variable_get('oldtheme_menu_item_link',null);
  
  if (empty($link['localized_options'])) {
    $link['localized_options'] = array();
  }

  if(strpos($link['href'], 'nolink') === 0) {

    // Verify that i18n module is installed, otherwise skip check
    if (module_exists('i18n')) {
       // Verify that the link is set for the current language
       if (i18n_get_lang() != $link['localized_options']['langcode'])
           return;
    }

    // Allow if the menu link is nolink:
    $link['localized_options']['html'] = TRUE;
    
    //Retrieve tag for nolink menu item
    $tag=variable_get('special_menu_items_nolink_tag','<span>');
    
    //Set class for nolink
    $css='nolink';
 
    //Return HTML span instead of a link
    return render_menu_item($tag,$link['title'],$css);
  }
  else if(strpos($link['href'], 'separator') === 0) {
    // Allow if the menu link is seperator
    $link['localized_options']['html'] = TRUE;
    
    //Retrieve tags and value for seperator menu item
    $tag=variable_get('special_menu_items_seperator_tag','<span>');
    $value=variable_get('special_menu_items_seperator_value','--------');
    
    //Set class for seperator
    $css='seperator';

    //Return separator menu item
    return render_menu_item($tag,$value,$css);
  }
  else
     return call_user_func($theme_overwrite, $link);
}

Thanks,
Zion