5. A method of providing, in a language, a first data record that is stored in a database, the method comprising: determining that said first data record is to be provided to a client application program in said language, said client application program being an accounting application, said first data record comprising a number that represents a concept that said first data record does not represent in the form of words of a spoken language, said determining that said first data record is to be provided in said language being made based on a logon credential of a user, said user having previously indicated an explicit language choice to be associated with said logon credential, said database collecting said logon credential before allowing said user to access data in said database; determining that conversion information for said language is not stored in said database; receiving said conversion information either from said client or from a device on which said client operates, said conversion information comprising a table that defines a correspondence between (a) numbers and (b) words in said language, said table containing a plurality of rows, each of said rows comprising (a) a number that is used in said first data record to represents a concept and (b) a corresponding word in said language; installing said conversion information in said database; using said conversion information, from said database, to convert said first data record into said language by converting a number in said first data record into a word in said language; and providing, to said client, a representation of said first data record in said language.
5. A method of providing, in a language, a first data record that is stored in a database, the method comprising: determining that said first data record is to be provided to a client application program in said language, said client application program being an accounting application, said first data record comprising a number that represents a concept that said first data record does not represent in the form of words of a spoken language, said determining that said first data record is to be provided in said language being made based on a logon credential of a user, said user having previously indicated an explicit language choice to be associated with said logon credential, said database collecting said logon credential before allowing said user to access data in said database; determining that conversion information for said language is not stored in said database; receiving said conversion information either from said client or from a device on which said client operates, said conversion information comprising a table that defines a correspondence between (a) numbers and (b) words in said language, said table containing a plurality of rows, each of said rows comprising (a) a number that is used in said first data record to represents a concept and (b) a corresponding word in said language; installing said conversion information in said database; using said conversion information, from said database, to convert said first data record into said language by converting a number in said first data record into a word in said language; and providing, to said client, a representation of said first data record in said language. 10. The method of claim 5 , wherein said first data record comprises a first symbol that is one of a first plurality of symbols, wherein said language comprises a second plurality of symbols, wherein said conversion information comprises a second data record that defines a correspondence between said first symbol and a second symbol, said second symbol being one of said second plurality of symbols, and wherein said using of said conversion information comprises: looking up said second data record based on said first symbol.