1. A method for transmitting a communication comprising: receiving a communication in a first language at a network from a sending party, the communication intended for transmission to a receiving party; notifying the receiving party of receipt of the communication at the network by the network; requesting the receiving party's instructions for translation of the communication into a second language by the network; receiving the receiving party's instructions for translation of the communication at the network in response to the network's request; translating the communication into the second language by the network in response to the received instructions from the receiving party; transmitting the translated communication in the second language to the receiving party by the network; receiving an instruction from the sending party for translation of said received communication at the network sent by the sending party into a third language; translating said received communication sent by the sending party into said third language by the network in response to the received instructions from the sending party; and transmitting said translation of said received communication sent by the sending party in said third language only back to the sending party by the network.