diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
index acbd2fdc..c1272c41 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
@@ -639,9 +639,15 @@ fn puppet_options(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painter
     r.max.x + 16.0
 }
 
+/// A workspace's drawn name: built-ins read the menu bar's Window ▸ Workspace row; names the user
+/// saved stay verbatim, even when one matches a catalog source such as "Composition".
+fn workspace_label(name: &str) -> &str {
+    if crate::dock::WORKSPACES.contains(&name) { crate::i18n::command_label("window.workspace", name) } else { name }
+}
+
 fn ws_menu(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     for w in app.workspace_names() {
-        if ui.selectable_label(app.ui.workspace == w, crate::i18n::command_label("window.workspace", &w)).clicked() {
+        if ui.selectable_label(app.ui.workspace == w, workspace_label(&w)).clicked() {
             app.set_workspace(&w);
             ui.close();
         }
@@ -692,6 +698,15 @@ mod tests {
         out.textures_delta.clear();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn saved_workspace_names_stay_verbatim() {
+        crate::i18n::set_current("zh-hans");
+        assert_ne!(workspace_label("Default"), "Default");
+        assert_ne!(crate::i18n::tr("Composition"), "Composition");
+        assert_eq!(workspace_label("Composition"), "Composition");
+        crate::i18n::set_current("en");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn long_press_type_keeps_the_tool_until_vertical_is_selected() {
         let mut app = EffectcraftApp::new(effectcraft_engine::Session::default());