diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231129-124145.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231129-124145.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72a889d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231129-124145.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Handle non-English Snowflake error message for non-existing schemas
+time: 2023-11-29T12:41:45.1273-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: pei0804
+  Issue: "834"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
index dc256c1cb..ac0d903db 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ def list_relations_without_caching(
             # if the schema doesn't exist, we just want to return.
             # Alternatively, we could query the list of schemas before we start
             # and skip listing the missing ones, which sounds expensive.
-            if "Object does not exist" in str(exc):
+            # "002043 (02000)" is error code for "object does not exist or is not found"
+            # The error message text may vary across languages, but the error code is expected to be more stable
+            if "002043 (02000)" in str(exc):
                 return []
             raise