Reply To: Can you make a siyum if you learned in English?

Of course. The importance is understanding it, not just reading words. In fact, if you read the words in Aramaic but didn’t understand them then you cannot make a Siyum. (If I recall correctly, R’ Moshe has a Tshuvah where he says if you just learned the Gemara without Rashi then it’s like you didn’t understand it and you can’t make a Siyum.)