Full code of an offending class using a database query in it's static initialiser

UntestableDependency.java

public class UnTestableDependency {

    private static Map<String, Object> translationMap;

    static {
        translationMap = HibernateUtil.executeQuery("Select ...");
    }

    // this static method is called by the class you'd like to test
    public static String getTranslation(String key, Locale locale) {
        Object keys = translationMap.get(locale.toString());
        // logic ...
        // etc ...

        return null;
    }
}