1. A method of retrieving documents from a database, comprising: generating a query in a first language; parsing said query into a plurality of terms; translating said plurality of terms into a second language; listing a plurality of permutations of said translated terms; testing each of said permutations against each document of said database to generate a score indicating the relevance of each of said permutations to each of said documents; and retrieving documents from said database based on said score.