1. A system for displaying textual or graphic data on a television receiver comprising: a memory device at the television receiver in which data representing local language commands is stored; a microprocessor electrically coupled to the memory device for displaying the local language commands stored in the memory device on the television receiver; a VBI decoder for extracting data from a VBI of a television signal, wherein the extracted data includes commands, in one or more foreign languages, corresponding to the local language commands; and a storage device at the television receiver for storing the extracted data, wherein the microprocessor is configured to substitute the commands in one or more foreign languages for the local language commands for displaying on the television receiver.