This spell allows the priest to read texts (scrolls, maps) written in a foreign language (including Thieves' Cant). It does not allow the reading of wizard-magic texts or the deciphering of coded messages. The spell can be used in conjunction with a scribe spell if the translation is to be written down. Any scroll containing a spell or recipe for a potion or powder cannot be translated.
Notes: Very rare spell. (Updated from Dragon Magazine.)