314 the translations index 304 includes translations of the term u201c garden u201d which are mapped to the term u201c garden u201d in the terms index 114 when a user requests a translation of the term u201c garden u201d and a numeric equivalent 314 of the search term is located in the numeric index 116 a translation of the search term can be returned in response to the search request for example a user in china may enter a search request for u201c grdn u201d on the keypad of a cellular phone or pda or other portable electronic device which is a phonetic equivalent 316 that is determined to have a numerical equivalent 314 of 4736 the numerical equivalent 314 in the numeric index 116 can be mapped back to the term u201c garden u201d in the terms index 114 and the term u201c garden u201d can be mapped to the chinese translation am of the term in the translations index 304 although translations are only shown for the term u201c garden u201d in the translations index 304 in this example each of the terms in the terms index 114 may have translations included in the translations index 304 the term instance index 302 includes service identifiers i e a u201c service_id u201d that each correspond to a term in the terms index 114 a service identifier includes term instances that define how content associated with a term is presented for use by a user if a user selects the term from displayed results for example the.