Mobile communication device support system and method for coping with multi-language management

A multi-language coping support system comprises a mobile communication device and a language management apparatus. The device comprises a data base memorizing display character strings associated with message IDs; a unit selecting a language for the display character strings; a unit transmitting, to the language management apparatus, language-setting data specifying both the language selected and a type of the device; and a unit updating, for every message ID, the display character strings in the data base, based on the display character strings transmitted. The apparatus comprisesadatabaseinwhich, for every device type and every language, the display character strings are stored in association with the message IDs; a unit searching the data base for data of display character strings conforming to the specified device type and language; and a unit transmitting to the mobile communication device the display character strings searched.