translation - How would you translate 魔都 in English? - Chinese Language . . . Strictly on its own and without any contextual reference, 魔都, can only mean "Devil Evil City" and calling it a "Metropolis" makes no semantic difference Since the author 村松梢風, Muramatsu Shōfu, is Japanese, then the Japanese translation for 魔都 should carry the intended meaning; and as I found out, 魔都 is "Mazu" which means