2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes accessing a subscriber attributes record for retrieval of stored language preference attributes having been set by the destination party for receipt of instant messages.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising detecting a presence of each of the sending party and the destination party for transfer of instant messages based on a corresponding registration with the server, the determining including determining the language preference for the destination party in response to detecting the corresponding presence.