5. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the translation function further comprises: identifying user-specific settings associated with a user issuing the query; and determining the selected language on the basis of the identified user-specific settings.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the user-specific settings comprise at least one of: (i) a role of the user; (ii) a language setting of the user; and (iii) a view of the multilingual database defined for the user.