diff --git a/changelog.d/1813-board-state-i18n.fixed.md b/changelog.d/1813-board-state-i18n.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e719252a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1813-board-state-i18n.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The Project board's queue rows beside the columns now read **运行中** for a live claim and **已停滞** for a stalled one in the Chinese interface, instead of printing the host's lowercase `running`/`stalled` ids ([#1813](https://github.com/ThinkFlowLab/FlyBot/issues/1813)).
diff --git a/core/client.js b/core/client.js
index dd4c37710..c767a925a 100644
--- a/core/client.js
+++ b/core/client.js
@@ -1396,6 +1396,10 @@ var ZH = {
   "not-started": "未开始",
   "in-progress": "进行中",
   "done": "已完成",
+  // The queue rows beside the columns carry the host's own lease state through the same lookup,
+  // so the ids that read emits are keys of their own (#1813).
+  running: "运行中",
+  stalled: "已停滞",
   "Projects": "项目",
   "New Project": "新建项目",
   "Project name": "项目名称",
diff --git a/core/src/client/i18n.js b/core/src/client/i18n.js
index 7d40d15cb..30f2e7f62 100644
--- a/core/src/client/i18n.js
+++ b/core/src/client/i18n.js
@@ -1349,6 +1349,10 @@ const ZH = {
   'not-started': '未开始',
   'in-progress': '进行中',
   'done': '已完成',
+  // The queue rows beside the columns carry the host's own lease state through the same lookup,
+  // so the ids that read emits are keys of their own (#1813).
+  running: '运行中',
+  stalled: '已停滞',
   'Projects': '项目',
   'New Project': '新建项目',
   'Project name': '项目名称',
diff --git a/core/test/i18n.test.js b/core/test/i18n.test.js
index 315ddf484..36dac9349 100644
--- a/core/test/i18n.test.js
+++ b/core/test/i18n.test.js
@@ -49,3 +49,18 @@ test('copy follows the DSH language and stays English without a locale service',
   assert.equal(t('Model'), 'Model')
   assert.equal(hostText('A Bot named Writer already exists'), 'A Bot named Writer already exists')
 })
+
+// #1813: the Project board's queue rows print the host's lowercase lease state through `t()`
+// (project-board.js), so those ids have to be dictionary keys themselves. #1768's cases never
+// bound a dictionary, which is why a missing entry read as raw English in CI.
+test('#1813: the Project board queue states read in Chinese', () => {
+  const off = installLocale(fakeLocale('zh'))
+  try {
+    assert.equal(t('running'), '运行中')
+    assert.equal(t('stalled'), '已停滞')
+  } finally {
+    off()
+  }
+  // The board keeps emitting the lowercase ids; only the Chinese dictionary changes.
+  assert.equal(t('running'), 'running')
+})
diff --git a/patches/ds-bot/0001-core-fixes.patch b/patches/ds-bot/0001-core-fixes.patch
index 2661a9a8d..0462858b0 100644
--- a/patches/ds-bot/0001-core-fixes.patch
+++ b/patches/ds-bot/0001-core-fixes.patch
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ diff --git a/src/client/i18n.js b/src/client/i18n.js
    'Working folder': '工作文件夹',
    'Working folder: {folder}': '工作文件夹：{folder}',
    Folder: '文件夹',
-@@ -838,6 +838,65 @@
+@@ -838,6 +838,69 @@
    'Up one level': '上一级',
    'No folders inside.': '里面没有文件夹。',
    'Some folders are not shown.': '还有一些文件夹没有显示。',
@@ -1459,6 +1459,10 @@ diff --git a/src/client/i18n.js b/src/client/i18n.js
 +  'not-started': '未开始',
 +  'in-progress': '进行中',
 +  'done': '已完成',
++  // The queue rows beside the columns carry the host's own lease state through the same lookup,
++  // so the ids that read emits are keys of their own (#1813).
++  running: '运行中',
++  stalled: '已停滞',
 +  'Projects': '项目',
 +  'New Project': '新建项目',
 +  'Project name': '项目名称',
@@ -11542,3 +11546,25 @@ diff --git a/test/work-dir.test.js b/test/work-dir.test.js
    assert.deepEqual(third.created, [{ cwd: third.project }])
    assert.match(await third.tool('list_bots', {}, 'a'), new RegExp(`- Builder \\(Build, works in ${escapeRegExp(third.project)}\\)`))
  })
+diff --git a/test/i18n.test.js b/test/i18n.test.js
+--- a/test/i18n.test.js
++++ b/test/i18n.test.js
+@@ -49,3 +49,18 @@
+   assert.equal(t('Model'), 'Model')
+   assert.equal(hostText('A Bot named Writer already exists'), 'A Bot named Writer already exists')
+ })
++
++// #1813: the Project board's queue rows print the host's lowercase lease state through `t()`
++// (project-board.js), so those ids have to be dictionary keys themselves. #1768's cases never
++// bound a dictionary, which is why a missing entry read as raw English in CI.
++test('#1813: the Project board queue states read in Chinese', () => {
++  const off = installLocale(fakeLocale('zh'))
++  try {
++    assert.equal(t('running'), '运行中')
++    assert.equal(t('stalled'), '已停滞')
++  } finally {
++    off()
++  }
++  // The board keeps emitting the lowercase ids; only the Chinese dictionary changes.
++  assert.equal(t('running'), 'running')
++})
diff --git a/patches/ds-bot/0008-client-bundle.patch b/patches/ds-bot/0008-client-bundle.patch
index f46e082f5..ca2ca388d 100644
--- a/patches/ds-bot/0008-client-bundle.patch
+++ b/patches/ds-bot/0008-client-bundle.patch
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
    "Working folder": "工作文件夹",
    "Working folder: {folder}": "工作文件夹：{folder}",
    Folder: "文件夹",
-@@ -887,7 +887,66 @@
+@@ -887,7 +887,70 @@
    "Use this folder": "使用这个文件夹",
    "Up one level": "上一级",
    "No folders inside.": "里面没有文件夹。",
@@ -880,6 +880,10 @@ diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
 +  "not-started": "未开始",
 +  "in-progress": "进行中",
 +  "done": "已完成",
++  // The queue rows beside the columns carry the host's own lease state through the same lookup,
++  // so the ids that read emits are keys of their own (#1813).
++  running: "运行中",
++  stalled: "已停滞",
 +  "Projects": "项目",
 +  "New Project": "新建项目",
 +  "Project name": "项目名称",
diff --git a/patches/ds-bot/topics.json b/patches/ds-bot/topics.json
index 5e1875af0..d18c8d913 100644
--- a/patches/ds-bot/topics.json
+++ b/patches/ds-bot/topics.json
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     "test/session-identity.test.js",
     "src/host/steward.js",
     "test/steward.test.js",
-    "test/steward-retry.test.js"
+    "test/steward-retry.test.js",
+    "test/i18n.test.js"
   ],
   "0002-flybot-api-host": [
     "index.js",