Prompt for report parameters

Is it possible to change the parameter prompts using a function?
I'm looking to use a look-up based on a culture code for two different languages and I don't want to re-create a suite of 20+ reports.
Fingers crossed that some clever sole has a solution...

A very simple solution below, any problems give me a shout...
ALTER PROC DynamicSelect(@Lang NVARCHAR(20)) AS BEGIN
IF @Lang IN ('en-GB','en-US')
SELECT '1' val,'en_1' lang UNION
SELECT '2','en_2'
IF @Lang='de'
SELECT '1' val,'de_1' lang UNION
SELECT '2','de_2'
END
Create a new paramter @Lang, set this parameter to hidden, and set the default value to the language of the report user as below.
Add the dataset from the proc above, and set as you require.

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