diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/dashboard-tui/app.tsx b/packages/cli/src/commands/dashboard-tui/app.tsx
index b9d1c18f2a..af48b5409c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/dashboard-tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/dashboard-tui/app.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useState, useSyncExternalStore, useCallback, useEffect, useRef }
 import { Box, Text, useInput, useApp, useStdout } from "ink";
 import Spinner from "ink-spinner";
 import TextInput from "ink-text-input";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
@@ -1695,6 +1696,7 @@ function groupTasksByColumn(tasks: TaskItem[]): Record<KanbanColumn, TaskItem[]>
 }
 
 function BoardView({ state, controller }: { state: DashboardState; controller: DashboardTUI }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation("cli");
   const { stdout } = useStdout();
   const cols = stdout?.columns ?? 80;
   const rows = stdout?.rows ?? 24;
@@ -1937,12 +1939,13 @@ function BoardView({ state, controller }: { state: DashboardState; controller: D
       ) : tasksState.loading ? (
         <Box justifyContent="center" alignItems="center" flexGrow={1} gap={1}>
           <Text color="white"><Spinner type="dots" /></Text>
-          <Text dimColor>Loading tasks…</Text>
+          <Text dimColor>{t("tui.loadingTasks", "Loading tasks…")}</Text>
         </Box>
       ) : tasksState.tasks.length === 0 ? (
         <Box justifyContent="center" alignItems="center" flexGrow={1} flexDirection="column">
-          <Text dimColor>No tasks in this project.</Text>
-          <Text dimColor>Press [p] to switch projects.</Text>
+          <Text dimColor>{t("tui.noTasks", "No tasks in this project.")}</Text>
+          {/* Keybinding accelerator [{{key}}] stays literal — never translated. */}
+          <Text dimColor>{t("tui.switchProjectsHint", { key: "p", defaultValue: "Press [{{key}}] to switch projects." })}</Text>
         </Box>
       ) : (
         <Box flexDirection="row" flexGrow={1} overflow="hidden">
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/i18n/__tests__/i18n.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/i18n/__tests__/i18n.test.tsx
index ff8a113af9..7c2c0702df 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/i18n/__tests__/i18n.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/i18n/__tests__/i18n.test.tsx
@@ -67,3 +67,36 @@ describe("react-i18next under the Ink reconciler", () => {
     expect(lastFrame()).toContain("加载中…");
   });
 });
+
+// Keybinding accelerators must stay literal even inside translated hints.
+function ProjectHint() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation("cli");
+  return createElement(
+    Text,
+    null,
+    t("tui.switchProjectsHint", { key: "p", defaultValue: "Press [{{key}}] to switch projects." }),
+  );
+}
+
+describe("CLI string migration", () => {
+  it("renders the migrated en label", () => {
+    const i18n = initCliI18n("en");
+    function Tasks() {
+      const { t } = useTranslation("cli");
+      return createElement(Text, null, t("tui.loadingTasks", "Loading tasks…"));
+    }
+    const { lastFrame } = render(
+      createElement(I18nextProvider, { i18n }, createElement(Tasks)),
+    );
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain("Loading tasks…");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the [p] accelerator literal in an interpolated hint", () => {
+    const i18n = initCliI18n("en");
+    const { lastFrame } = render(
+      createElement(I18nextProvider, { i18n }, createElement(ProjectHint)),
+    );
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain("[p]");
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain("Press");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/i18n/locales/en/cli.json b/packages/i18n/locales/en/cli.json
index 7bfc7fe5c3..0bd13e9baa 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/locales/en/cli.json
+++ b/packages/i18n/locales/en/cli.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
   "tui": {
     "loading": "Loading…",
+    "loadingTasks": "Loading tasks…",
+    "noTasks": "No tasks in this project.",
+    "switchProjectsHint": "Press [{{key}}] to switch projects.",
     "quit": "Quit"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/i18n/locales/es/cli.json b/packages/i18n/locales/es/cli.json
index 8ccc6193b3..8a0833db51 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/locales/es/cli.json
+++ b/packages/i18n/locales/es/cli.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
   "tui": {
     "loading": "",
-    "quit": ""
+    "quit": "",
+    "loadingTasks": "",
+    "noTasks": "",
+    "switchProjectsHint": ""
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/i18n/locales/fr/cli.json b/packages/i18n/locales/fr/cli.json
index 8ccc6193b3..8a0833db51 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/locales/fr/cli.json
+++ b/packages/i18n/locales/fr/cli.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
   "tui": {
     "loading": "",
-    "quit": ""
+    "quit": "",
+    "loadingTasks": "",
+    "noTasks": "",
+    "switchProjectsHint": ""
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/i18n/locales/zh-CN/cli.json b/packages/i18n/locales/zh-CN/cli.json
index 8ccc6193b3..8a0833db51 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/locales/zh-CN/cli.json
+++ b/packages/i18n/locales/zh-CN/cli.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
   "tui": {
     "loading": "",
-    "quit": ""
+    "quit": "",
+    "loadingTasks": "",
+    "noTasks": "",
+    "switchProjectsHint": ""
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/i18n/locales/zh-TW/cli.json b/packages/i18n/locales/zh-TW/cli.json
index 8ccc6193b3..8a0833db51 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/locales/zh-TW/cli.json
+++ b/packages/i18n/locales/zh-TW/cli.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
   "tui": {
     "loading": "",
-    "quit": ""
+    "quit": "",
+    "loadingTasks": "",
+    "noTasks": "",
+    "switchProjectsHint": ""
   }
 }