Magic Terms in Every Language

Here is a chart showing the translation of various Magic terms in each of the languages that Magic has been printed in. This will (usually) help identify the language using the spell-type part of a card. You could also use this chart to help identify what the card is.

Note that there seems to be two translations for "Sorcery" and "Summon ~" in German. For words that are used in more than one language, I've colored the cell yellow.

If you find any mistakes, or you have information that's missing from the chart, please email me.

English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Artifact Artefact Artefakt Artefatto Artefato Artefacto
card carte Karte carta carta card
Creature Créature Kreatur Creatura Criatura Criatura
damage blessures Schadenspunkte danni dano daño
Enchantment Enchantement Verzauberung Incantesimo Encantamento Encantamiento
Enchant ~ Enchanter ~ ~ verzaubern Incanta ~ Encantar ~ Encantar ~
Instant Ephémère Spontanzauber Instantaneo Mágica Instantânea Instantáneo
Interrupt Interruption Unterbrechungszauber Interruzione Mágica de Interrupção Interrupción
Land Terrain Land Terra Terreno Tierra
Legend légende Legende Leggenda Lenda leyenda
Magic: The Gathering Magic: L'Assemblée Magic: Die Zusammenkunft Magic: L'Adunanza Magic: O Encontro Magic: El Encuentro
Planeswalker - Planeswalker : Planeswalker - Planeswalker - Planeswalker - Planeswalker -
player joueur Spieler giocatore jogador jugador
Sorcery Rituel Hexerei/Verhexung Stregonaria Feitiço Conjuro
Summon ~ Invoquer: ~ Beschwörung eines ~/~beschwören Evoca ~ Invocar ~ Invocar ~
target cible/ciblé deiner Wahl bersaglio alvo objetivo


English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Japanese
Korean
Artifact
Creature
Enchantment
Enchant ~
Instant
Interrupt
Land
Legend
Planeswalker
Sorcery
Summon ~


English
Russian
Artifact
Creature
Enchantment
Instant
Land
Legendary
Planeswalker /
Sorcery

An additional note: Spanish and Portuguese are very similar, but in Spanish most of the words after the first word start with a lower case letter, whereas in Portuguese most of the words start with a capital letter (as in English). French cards also have mostly lower case words.

Special thanks to Bob Flaminio and others who contributed to this chart.

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Last modified: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Brett Allen (brett@snazzorama.com)