diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
index 3eee89453..9887dc6a7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ fn tool_slot(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painter, si:
         ));
     }
     app.auto.add_response(&format!("tools.{cur:?}"), &resp, cur.label());
+    // The drawn tooltip asks the catalog; the automation label above keeps the English name.
+    let label = crate::i18n::tr(cur.label());
     let tip = match cur.shortcut() {
-        Some(s) => format!("{} ({})", cur.label(), crate::menus::shortcut_text(s)),
-        None => cur.label().to_string(),
+        Some(s) => format!("{} ({})", label, crate::menus::shortcut_text(s)),
+        None => label.to_string(),
     };
     let resp = resp.on_hover_text(tip);
     let held = ui.data(|d| d.get_temp::<egui::Id>(held_id)) == Some(id);
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ fn slot_flyout(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, si: usize, slot: &[T
     let close_behavior = if held && resp.clicked() { egui::PopupCloseBehavior::IgnoreClicks } else { egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside };
     egui::Popup::menu(resp).style(crate::widgets::menu_style).open_memory(command).close_behavior(close_behavior).show(|ui| {
         for tool in slot.iter() {
-            let row = ui.selectable_label(app.ui.tool == *tool, tool.label());
+            let row = ui.selectable_label(app.ui.tool == *tool, crate::i18n::tr(tool.label()));
             app.auto.add(&format!("tools.select.{tool:?}"), row.rect, tool.label());
             if row.clicked() {
                 app.ui.tool = *tool;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs
index 46493296b..0453a673c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs
@@ -1641,6 +1641,37 @@ const SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Total Offset", "总偏移"),
     ("Per Layer", "每个图层"),
     ("Track", "跟踪"),
+    ("Selection Tool", "选择工具"),
+    ("Hand Tool", "抓手工具"),
+    ("Zoom Tool", "缩放工具"),
+    ("Orbit Around Cursor Tool", "绕行摄像机工具"),
+    ("Pan Under Cursor Tool", "平移摄像机工具"),
+    ("Dolly Towards Cursor Tool", "推拉摄像机工具"),
+    ("Rotation Tool", "旋转工具"),
+    ("Pan Behind (Anchor Point) Tool", "向后平移工具"),
+    ("Rectangle Tool", "矩形工具"),
+    ("Rounded Rectangle Tool", "圆角矩形工具"),
+    ("Ellipse Tool", "椭圆工具"),
+    ("Polygon Tool", "多边形工具"),
+    ("Star Tool", "星形工具"),
+    ("Pen Tool", "钢笔工具"),
+    ("Add Vertex Tool", "添加顶点工具"),
+    ("Delete Vertex Tool", "删除顶点工具"),
+    ("Convert Vertex Tool", "转换顶点工具"),
+    ("Mask Feather Tool", "蒙版羽化工具"),
+    ("Horizontal Type Tool", "横排文字工具"),
+    ("Vertical Type Tool", "直排文字工具"),
+    ("Brush Tool", "画笔工具"),
+    ("Clone Stamp Tool", "仿制图章工具"),
+    ("Eraser Tool", "橡皮擦工具"),
+    ("Roto Brush Tool", "Roto 笔刷工具"),
+    ("Refine Edge Tool", "调整边缘工具"),
+    ("Object Matte Tool", "对象遮罩工具"),
+    ("Puppet Position Pin Tool", "人偶位置控点工具"),
+    ("Puppet Starch Pin Tool", "人偶扑粉控点工具"),
+    ("Puppet Bend Pin Tool", "人偶弯曲控点工具"),
+    ("Puppet Advanced Pin Tool", "人偶高级控点工具"),
+    ("Puppet Overlap Pin Tool", "人偶重叠控点工具"),
 ];
 
 const TRADITIONAL_CHINESE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
@@ -2327,6 +2358,37 @@ const TRADITIONAL_CHINESE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Total Offset", "總偏移"),
     ("Per Layer", "每個圖層"),
     ("Track", "追蹤"),
+    ("Selection Tool", "選取工具"),
+    ("Hand Tool", "手形工具"),
+    ("Zoom Tool", "縮放工具"),
+    ("Orbit Around Cursor Tool", "繞行攝影機工具"),
+    ("Pan Under Cursor Tool", "平移攝影機工具"),
+    ("Dolly Towards Cursor Tool", "推拉攝影機工具"),
+    ("Rotation Tool", "旋轉工具"),
+    ("Pan Behind (Anchor Point) Tool", "向後平移工具"),
+    ("Rectangle Tool", "矩形工具"),
+    ("Rounded Rectangle Tool", "圓角矩形工具"),
+    ("Ellipse Tool", "橢圓工具"),
+    ("Polygon Tool", "多邊形工具"),
+    ("Star Tool", "星形工具"),
+    ("Pen Tool", "筆型工具"),
+    ("Add Vertex Tool", "添加頂點工具"),
+    ("Delete Vertex Tool", "刪除頂點工具"),
+    ("Convert Vertex Tool", "轉換頂點工具"),
+    ("Mask Feather Tool", "遮色片羽化工具"),
+    ("Horizontal Type Tool", "橫排文字工具"),
+    ("Vertical Type Tool", "垂直文字工具"),
+    ("Brush Tool", "筆刷工具"),
+    ("Clone Stamp Tool", "仿製圖章工具"),
+    ("Eraser Tool", "橡皮擦工具"),
+    ("Roto Brush Tool", "Roto 筆刷工具"),
+    ("Refine Edge Tool", "調整邊緣工具"),
+    ("Object Matte Tool", "物件遮色片工具"),
+    ("Puppet Position Pin Tool", "人偶位置控點工具"),
+    ("Puppet Starch Pin Tool", "人偶撲粉控點工具"),
+    ("Puppet Bend Pin Tool", "人偶彎曲控點工具"),
+    ("Puppet Advanced Pin Tool", "人偶高級控點工具"),
+    ("Puppet Overlap Pin Tool", "人偶重疊控點工具"),
 ];
 
 /// Ukrainian (uk): original translations of the same interface rows as the Chinese catalogs.
@@ -5439,6 +5501,7 @@ mod tests {
         ("menus/frontend.rs", include_str!("../menus/frontend.rs")),
         ("menus/invoke.rs", include_str!("../menus/invoke.rs")),
         ("menus/shortcuts.rs", include_str!("../menus/shortcuts.rs")),
+        ("state.rs", include_str!("../state.rs")),
         ("prefs_live.rs", include_str!("../prefs_live.rs")),
         ("widgets.rs", include_str!("../widgets.rs")),
         ("panels/anim_tools.rs", include_str!("../panels/anim_tools.rs")),
@@ -5518,6 +5581,18 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// A row that translates nothing, repeats a source string, or changes the number of values the
     /// English source carries is a bug in the catalog itself.
+    #[test]
+    fn the_toolbar_asks_the_catalog_for_the_tool_names() {
+        let header = include_str!("../header.rs");
+        for call in ["crate::i18n::tr(tool.label())", "crate::i18n::tr(cur.label())"] {
+            assert!(header.contains(call), "header.rs no longer draws {call}");
+        }
+        assert!(
+            header.contains("app.auto.add(&format!(\"tools.select.{tool:?}\"), row.rect, tool.label())"),
+            "the automation label must stay the English tool name"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn catalogs_are_unique_and_keep_the_english_shape() {
         // Grouped by language: a source listed in two tables of one language is still a repeat.