diff --git a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/log/message_log_widget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/log/message_log_widget.cpp
index 06b0301bd..b998a3650 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/log/message_log_widget.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/log/message_log_widget.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "../../game/game_state.h"
 #include "../../game/phase.h"
 #include "../../game/player/player_logic.h"
+#include "../../interface/card_localization.h"
 #include "../../interface/widgets/tabs/tab_game.h"
 #include "../board/card_item.h"
 #include "../board/translate_counter_name.h"
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@ static QString sanitizeHtml(QString dirty)
 
 static QString cardLink(const QString &cardName)
 {
-    return QString("<i><a href=\"card://%1\">%2</a></i>").arg(cardName).arg(cardName);
+    // The href keeps the canonical name so the card popup can resolve it, while the label shows the name
+    // in the configured card language.
+    return QString("<i><a href=\"card://%1\">%2</a></i>")
+        .arg(sanitizeHtml(cardName))
+        .arg(sanitizeHtml(CardLocalization::displayNameFor(cardName)));
 }
 
 QPair<QString, QString>
@@ -803,10 +808,9 @@ void MessageLogWidget::logUndoDraw(PlayerLogic *player, QString cardName)
     if (cardName.isEmpty()) {
         appendHtmlServerMessage(tr("%1 undoes their last draw.").arg(sanitizeHtml(player->getPlayerInfo()->getName())));
     } else {
-        appendHtmlServerMessage(
-            tr("%1 undoes their last draw (%2).")
-                .arg(sanitizeHtml(player->getPlayerInfo()->getName()))
-                .arg(QString("<a href=\"card://%1\">%2</a>").arg(sanitizeHtml(cardName)).arg(sanitizeHtml(cardName))));
+        appendHtmlServerMessage(tr("%1 undoes their last draw (%2).")
+                                    .arg(sanitizeHtml(player->getPlayerInfo()->getName()))
+                                    .arg(cardLink(std::move(cardName))));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/card_localization.h b/cockatrice/src/interface/card_localization.h
index 0bfe4a764..1a1e7be5d 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/card_localization.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/card_localization.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <QString>
 #include <libcockatrice/card/card_info.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/card/database/card_database_manager.h>
 #include <libcockatrice/settings/cards_display_settings.h>
 
 namespace CardLocalization
@@ -54,6 +55,25 @@ inline QString displayText(const CardInfo &card)
 {
     return card.getLocalizedText(displayLang());
 }
+
+/**
+ * @brief Looks a card up by its canonical name and returns its name in the configured display language.
+ *
+ * Use this where only the canonical name is known, such as the game log or [card] chat tags. Callers that
+ * already hold a resolved card and need to keep the canonical name around (as a link target, say) should
+ * use displayName() directly instead.
+ *
+ * @param cardName The canonical card name.
+ * @return The localized name, or cardName unchanged when the card is unknown to the database.
+ */
+inline QString displayNameFor(const QString &cardName)
+{
+    if (cardName.isEmpty()) {
+        return cardName;
+    }
+    const QString localizedName = displayName(CardDatabaseManager::query()->getCardInfo(cardName));
+    return localizedName.isEmpty() ? cardName : localizedName;
+}
 } // namespace CardLocalization
 
 #endif // COCKATRICE_CARD_LOCALIZATION_H
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp
index ae9b2deb4..91a7cb965 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "../../../../client/settings/cache_settings.h"
 #include "../../client/sound_engine.h"
+#include "../../interface/card_localization.h"
 #include "../../interface/pixel_map_generator.h"
 #include "../../interface/widgets/tabs/tab_account.h"
 #include "../user/user_context_menu.h"
@@ -190,7 +191,8 @@ void ChatView::appendCardTag(QTextCursor &cursor, const QString &cardName)
     QTextCharFormat cardFormat = oldFormat;
     cardFormat.setFontItalic(true);
 
-    if (!CardDatabaseManager::query()->lookupCardByName(cardName)) {
+    const CardInfoPtr card = CardDatabaseManager::query()->lookupCardByName(cardName);
+    if (card.isNull()) {
         cardFormat.setForeground(unresolvedCardTagColor);
         cursor.setCharFormat(cardFormat);
         cursor.insertText(cardName);
@@ -200,10 +202,12 @@ void ChatView::appendCardTag(QTextCursor &cursor, const QString &cardName)
 
     cardFormat.setForeground(linkColor);
     cardFormat.setAnchor(true);
+    // The href keeps the canonical name so the card popup can resolve it, while the text shows the name
+    // in the configured card language.
     cardFormat.setAnchorHref("card://" + cardName);
 
     cursor.setCharFormat(cardFormat);
-    cursor.insertText(cardName);
+    cursor.insertText(CardLocalization::displayName(card));
     cursor.setCharFormat(oldFormat);
 }