Foreign Language Equivalent 

The following is a table of crochet stitches and their equivalents in U.S.A., U.K., French, Spanish, German, and Italian. This should help in deciphering crochet patterns written in other languages.
 

U.S.	U.K.	French Francais	Spanish Espanol	German Deutsch	Italian Italiano
Chain (ch)	Chain	maille en l'air (ml)	cadeneta (cad)	Luftmasche (Lftn)	punto catenella
single crochet (sc)	double crochet	maille serree	punto bajo (pb)	Feste Masche (fM)	maglia bassa (m.bassa)
double crochet (dc)	treble (tr)	bride (br)	punto alto doble (pad)	Stabchen (Stb)	maglia alta (m.alta)
half double crochet (hdc)	half treble (htr)	demi-bride (demi-br)	punto alto (pa)	Halbe Stabchen (h.Stb)	mezza maglia alta
triple crochet (tr/trc)	double treble (dtr)	double bride (d-br)	pubto alto triple (pat)	Doppel- stabchen (D-stb)	maglia altissima
slip stitch (sl st)	slip stitch (sl st)	maille coulee	punto enano (pe)	Kettmasche	maglia bassissima
picot	picot	picot (pi)	piquito	pikot (Pi)	pippiolino
cluster (CL)	cluster (CL)	grappe	puntos altos cerrados en el mismo punto	Buschelmasche	nocciolina
front post (FP)	front post (FP)	double bride en relief avant	punto alto triple en relieve por delante de la labor	vorderes Maschenglied	in costa davanti
back post (BP)	back post (BP)	double bride en relief arriere	punto alto triple en relieve por detras de la labor	hinteres Maschenglied	in costa dietro