3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising: an administration terminal that includes the translation database, the obtaining means, the means for effecting pattern translation, the presenting means, the entry means, the means for effecting data translation, and the storing means.
1. An apparatus comprising: an administrable telecommunications entity; an administration database for storing administration data expressed in a native language, coupled to the entity and constructed from administration patterns expressed in the native language that are selectively filled in with said administration data, the administration patterns having corresponding indexes for identifying the administration patterns, the administration data expressed in the native language serving to administer the entity; a translation database constructed from equivalents of the administration patterns expressed in a foreign language that are not filled in with the administration data, the translation database being devoid of the administration data but including information that is enterable by an administrator as administration data and expressed in both the native and the foreign languages; means connected to the administration database, for obtaining an administration pattern including any filled-in administration data expressed in the native language and the index of said administration pattern from the administration database; means connected to the obtaining means and to the translation database, responsive to the obtaining for effecting translation of the obtained pattern including any filled-in administration data through the translation database into a translated pattern expressed in the foreign language by using the index of the obtained administration pattern to find in the translation database the equivalent of the obtained administration pattern, finding among the administrator-enterable information in the translation database information in the foreign language that corresponds to any translatable said administration data in the obtained administration pattern, and filling in the found equivalent of the obtained administration pattern with the found information and any non-translatable said administration data from the obtained administration pattern; means connected to the means for effecting translation of the obtained pattern, responsive to the effected pattern translation for presenting the translated pattern including the filled-in information and data to the administrator; entry means for the administrator to enter administration data indicated by the presented pattern, and expressed in the foreign language; means connected to the entry means and to the translation database, responsive to the entering for effecting translation of the entered data through the translation database into translated data expressed in the native language by finding among the information in the translation database information in the native language that corresponds to any translatable said entered data; and means connected to the means for effecting translation of the entered data and to the administration database, responsive to the effected data translation for storing the translated data and any non-translatable said data as administration data in the administration database.