diff --git a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
index a4f64b5c..4736eb82 100644
Binary files a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo and b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index 0a8cf168..2674c57d 100644
--- a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-11-02 20:06+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-11-02 20:32+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2020-11-04 12:00+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: catborise <muhammetalisag@gmail.com>, 2020\n"
 "Language-Team: Turkish (https://www.transifex.com/catborise/teams/110663/"
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ msgstr "bir yıl içinde"
 #: admin/templates/admin/user_form.html:16
 #: admin/templates/admin/user_list.html:58
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:15
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:91
 msgid "never"
 msgstr "hiçbir zaman"
 
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ msgstr "Parola Değiştir"
 #: nwfilters/templates/create_nwfilter_block.html:33
 #: nwfilters/templates/nwfilter.html:178 nwfilters/templates/nwfilters.html:93
 #: operations/templates/operations/job.html:31
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:83
 #: storages/templates/create_stg_block.html:183
 #: storages/templates/create_stg_vol_block.html:35
 #: storages/templates/create_stg_vol_block.html:68
@@ -3596,6 +3598,7 @@ msgid "OS details"
 msgstr "İşletim sistemi ayrıntıları"
 
 #: instances/templates/instance.html:39
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:85
 msgid "Refresh"
 msgstr "Yenile"
 
@@ -7435,6 +7438,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Harfler, rakamlar, nokta, tire ve alt çizgi. Kopya, filtrenin kurallarını ve "
 "başvurularını içerir."
 
+#: operations/api/serializers.py:35
+#, python-format
+msgid "%(phase)s (over its time limit)"
+msgstr "%(phase)s (süre sınırını aştı)"
+
 #: operations/templates/operations/job.html:11
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:7
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:9
@@ -7509,6 +7517,7 @@ msgid "What you checked"
 msgstr "Neyi kontrol ettiniz"
 
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:14
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:90
 msgid "Worker unavailable, last seen"
 msgstr "İşçi kullanılamıyor, son görülme"
 
@@ -7586,6 +7595,36 @@ msgid_plural "%(count)d seconds"
 msgstr[0] "%(count)d saniye"
 msgstr[1] "%(count)d saniye"
 
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:84
+msgctxt "verb"
+msgid "Open"
+msgstr "Aç"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:86
+msgid "Dismiss"
+msgstr "Kapat"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:87
+msgid "Finishing…"
+msgstr "Bitiriliyor…"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:88
+msgid "Files not removed:"
+msgstr "Silinmeyen dosyalar:"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:89
+msgid "A short operation is in progress."
+msgstr "Kısa bir işlem sürüyor."
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:92
+#, python-format
+msgid "Cancel failed (HTTP %(status)s)."
+msgstr "İptal edilemedi (HTTP %(status)s)."
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:93
+msgid "Cancel failed: the server could not be reached."
+msgstr "İptal edilemedi: sunucuya ulaşılamadı."
+
 #: operations/utils.py:52
 msgid "The host of this virtual machine cannot be reached right now."
 msgstr "Bu sanal makinenin sunucusuna şu anda ulaşılamıyor."
diff --git a/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
index d403fe8f..b0b09b55 100644
Binary files a/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo and b/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index 1849d5f1..52be3c82 100644
--- a/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-11-02 20:06+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-11-02 20:32+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: \n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ msgstr "一年后"
 #: admin/templates/admin/user_form.html:16
 #: admin/templates/admin/user_list.html:58
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:15
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:91
 msgid "never"
 msgstr "永不"
 
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ msgstr "修改密码"
 #: nwfilters/templates/create_nwfilter_block.html:33
 #: nwfilters/templates/nwfilter.html:178 nwfilters/templates/nwfilters.html:93
 #: operations/templates/operations/job.html:31
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:83
 #: storages/templates/create_stg_block.html:183
 #: storages/templates/create_stg_vol_block.html:35
 #: storages/templates/create_stg_vol_block.html:68
@@ -3498,6 +3500,7 @@ msgid "OS details"
 msgstr "操作系统详情"
 
 #: instances/templates/instance.html:39
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:85
 msgid "Refresh"
 msgstr "刷新"
 
@@ -7120,6 +7123,11 @@ msgid ""
 "rules and references."
 msgstr "字母、数字、点、短横线和下划线。副本包含该过滤器的规则和引用。"
 
+#: operations/api/serializers.py:35
+#, python-format
+msgid "%(phase)s (over its time limit)"
+msgstr "%(phase)s（已超出时间限制）"
+
 #: operations/templates/operations/job.html:11
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:7
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:9
@@ -7192,6 +7200,7 @@ msgid "What you checked"
 msgstr "检查内容"
 
 #: operations/templates/operations/jobs.html:14
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:90
 msgid "Worker unavailable, last seen"
 msgstr "工作进程不可用，最后在线时间"
 
@@ -7268,6 +7277,36 @@ msgid "%(count)d second"
 msgid_plural "%(count)d seconds"
 msgstr[0] "%(count)d 秒"
 
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:84
+msgctxt "verb"
+msgid "Open"
+msgstr "打开"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:86
+msgid "Dismiss"
+msgstr "关闭"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:87
+msgid "Finishing…"
+msgstr "即将完成…"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:88
+msgid "Files not removed:"
+msgstr "未删除的文件："
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:89
+msgid "A short operation is in progress."
+msgstr "有一个短操作正在进行。"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:92
+#, python-format
+msgid "Cancel failed (HTTP %(status)s)."
+msgstr "取消失败（HTTP %(status)s）。"
+
+#: operations/templatetags/operations.py:93
+msgid "Cancel failed: the server could not be reached."
+msgstr "取消失败：无法连接到服务器。"
+
 #: operations/utils.py:52
 msgid "The host of this virtual machine cannot be reached right now."
 msgstr "当前无法连接此虚拟机所在的主机。"
diff --git a/operations/api/serializers.py b/operations/api/serializers.py
index 39079a92..3e175ea1 100644
--- a/operations/api/serializers.py
+++ b/operations/api/serializers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ from operations.utils import shown_label
 
 class OperationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     label = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    phase = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     resource_label = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     cancellable = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     in_request = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
@@ -22,6 +26,15 @@ class OperationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     def get_label(self, op) -> str:
         return str(_(label_of(op.kind)))
 
+    def get_phase(self, op) -> str:
+        """The phase in the viewer's language; a job running past its time
+        limit says so (one that can be cancelled is cancelled instead)."""
+        phase = _(op.phase) if op.phase else ""
+        if op.state == Operation.RUNNING and op.time_limit and op.started_at \
+                and timezone.now() - op.started_at > timedelta(seconds=op.time_limit):
+            return (_("%(phase)s (over its time limit)") % {"phase": phase}).strip()
+        return phase
+
     def get_resource_label(self, op) -> str:
         return shown_label(op, self.context["request"].user)
 
diff --git a/operations/static/operations/job_panel.js b/operations/static/operations/job_panel.js
index 3353d33f..d963c06d 100644
--- a/operations/static/operations/job_panel.js
+++ b/operations/static/operations/job_panel.js
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ var JOB_STATE_COLORS = {
     failed: "danger", cancelled: "secondary", uncertain: "warning",
 };
 
-function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds) {
+// states: the label of each state; text: the panel's own texts, both in the
+// page's language (job_panel_script)
+function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds, states, text) {
     var shown = {};     // id -> job in the last active list
     var pending = {};   // id -> true: left the list (or just submitted), outcome not fetched yet
     var inflight = {};  // id -> true: its outcome is being fetched
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds) {
         return '<div class="progress mt-2" role="progressbar" aria-valuenow="' + (finishing ? 100 : pct)
             + '" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100"><div class="progress-bar'
             + (finishing ? " progress-bar-striped progress-bar-animated" : "") + '" style="width:'
-            + (finishing ? 100 : pct) + '%">' + (finishing ? "Finishing\u2026" : pct + "%") + "</div></div>";
+            + (finishing ? 100 : pct) + '%">' + (finishing ? esc(text.finishing) : pct + "%") + "</div></div>";
     }
 
     // label, state badge and muted phase on one line, the buttons on its right
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds) {
         return '<div class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center gap-2"><strong>' + esc(label) + "</strong>"
             + '<span class="badge bg-' + JOB_STATE_COLORS[state]
             // the theme draws white text on a warning badge
-            + (JOB_STATE_COLORS[state] === "warning" ? " text-dark" : "") + '">' + esc(state) + "</span>"
+            + (JOB_STATE_COLORS[state] === "warning" ? " text-dark" : "") + '">' + esc(states[state] || state) + "</span>"
             + (phase ? '<span class="small text-body-secondary">' + esc(phase) + "</span>" : "")
             + (buttons ? '<div class="ms-auto d-flex gap-2">' + buttons + "</div>" : "") + "</div>";
     }
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds) {
 
     function jobHtml(job) {
         var cancel = job.cancellable ? '<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger" data-cancel="'
-            + esc(job.id) + '"' + (cancelling[job.id] ? " disabled" : "") + ">Cancel</button>" : "";
+            + esc(job.id) + '"' + (cancelling[job.id] ? " disabled" : "") + ">" + esc(text.cancel) + "</button>" : "";
         // an uncertain job keeps its claims, so it stays in the list with its error
         return alertHtml(job.state, header(job.label, job.state, job.phase, cancel) + errorHtml(job) + bar(job));
     }
@@ -72,26 +74,26 @@ function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds) {
     function outcomeHtml(job) {
         var left = (job.result && job.result.left_behind) || [];
         var note = job.result && job.result.warning ? '<div class="small mt-2">' + esc(job.result.warning) + "</div>" : "";
-        var warn = note + (left.length ? '<div class="small mt-2">Files not removed:</div><ul class="list-unstyled small mb-0">'
+        var warn = note + (left.length ? '<div class="small mt-2">' + esc(text.not_removed) + '</div><ul class="list-unstyled small mb-0">'
             + left.map(function (path) { return '<li class="text-break"><code>' + esc(path) + "</code></li>"; }).join("") + "</ul>" : "");
-        var buttons = (opens(job) ? '<a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" href="' + esc(job.result.open) + '">Open</a>' : "")
-            + '<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-refresh="1">Refresh</button>'
+        var buttons = (opens(job) ? '<a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" href="' + esc(job.result.open) + '">' + esc(text.open) + "</a>" : "")
+            + '<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-refresh="1">' + esc(text.refresh) + "</button>"
             + '<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" data-dismiss="' + esc(job.id)
-            + '">Dismiss</button>';
+            + '">' + esc(text.dismiss) + "</button>";
         return alertHtml(job.state, header(job.label, job.state, "", buttons) + errorHtml(job) + warn);
     }
 
     function render() {
         var html = notice ? alertHtml("failed", '<div class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center gap-2"><span>'
             + esc(notice) + '</span><div class="ms-auto"><button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary"'
-            + ' data-dismiss-error="1">Dismiss</button></div></div>') : "";
+            + ' data-dismiss-error="1">' + esc(text.dismiss) + "</button></div></div>") : "";
         last.jobs.forEach(function (job) { html += jobHtml(job); });
         Object.keys(outcomes).forEach(function (id) { html += outcomeHtml(outcomes[id]); });
         last.others.forEach(function (o) {
             html += '<div class="alert alert-secondary mb-3" role="status">' + header(o.label, o.state, "", "") + "</div>";
         });
         if (last.short_operation) {
-            html += '<div class="alert alert-secondary mb-3" role="status">A short operation is in progress.</div>';
+            html += '<div class="alert alert-secondary mb-3" role="status">' + esc(text.short_operation) + "</div>";
         }
         // a job the worker has to start, run or stop, not one a request runs (the Jobs page uses the same rule)
         var waiting = last.jobs.some(function (j) {
@@ -99,8 +101,8 @@ function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds) {
         });
         var seen = last.worker_last_seen ? new Date(last.worker_last_seen) : null;
         if (waiting && (!seen || Date.now() - seen.getTime() > 60000)) {
-            html += '<div class="alert alert-warning mb-3" role="status">Worker unavailable, last seen '
-                + esc(seen ? seen.toLocaleString() : "never") + ".</div>";
+            html += '<div class="alert alert-warning mb-3" role="status">' + esc(text.worker_unavailable) + " "
+                + esc(seen ? seen.toLocaleString() : text.never) + ".</div>";
         }
         if (html !== rendered) {
             element.innerHTML = html;
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ function jobPanel(element, urls, csrfToken, initialIds) {
             .fail(function (xhr) {
                 // e.g. a queued job started meanwhile and cannot be stopped any more
                 notice = (xhr.responseJSON && xhr.responseJSON.detail)
-                    || (xhr.status ? "Cancel failed (HTTP " + xhr.status + ")." : "Cancel failed: the server could not be reached.");
+                    || (xhr.status ? text.cancel_failed.replace("%(status)s", xhr.status) : text.cancel_unreachable);
             })
             .always(function () {
                 delete cancelling[id];
diff --git a/operations/static/operations/job_panel_start.js b/operations/static/operations/job_panel_start.js
index 62d334dd..b5014134 100644
--- a/operations/static/operations/job_panel_start.js
+++ b/operations/static/operations/job_panel_start.js
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
         resource: settings.resource,
         job: function (id) { return settings.jobs + id + "/"; },
         cancel: function (id) { return settings.jobs + id + "/cancel/"; },
-    }, settings.csrf_token, settings.remembered);
+    }, settings.csrf_token, settings.remembered, settings.states, settings.text);
 })();
diff --git a/operations/templates/operations/job.html b/operations/templates/operations/job.html
index 0c4ac48f..9c615320 100644
--- a/operations/templates/operations/job.html
+++ b/operations/templates/operations/job.html
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
         </div>
         <div class="small text-body-secondary mt-1">{% trans "User" %}: {{ job.username }}</div>
     </div>
-    {% if op.phase or op.progress_total or job.cancellable or op.error or job.result.links or job.result.warning or job.result.left_behind or job.resolution %}
+    {% if job.phase or op.progress_total or job.cancellable or op.error or job.result.links or job.result.warning or job.result.left_behind or job.resolution %}
         <div class="card-body pb-0">
-            {% if op.phase or job.cancellable %}
+            {% if job.phase or job.cancellable %}
                 <div class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center gap-2 mb-3">
-                    <span class="me-auto">{% if op.phase %}{% translate op.phase %}{% endif %}</span>
+                    <span class="me-auto">{{ job.phase }}</span>
                     {% if job.cancellable %}
                         <form method="post" action="{% url 'operations:cancel' job.id %}" aria-label="{% trans 'Cancel job form' %}">
                             {% csrf_token %}
diff --git a/operations/templates/operations/jobs.html b/operations/templates/operations/jobs.html
index e14794d5..b920801d 100644
--- a/operations/templates/operations/jobs.html
+++ b/operations/templates/operations/jobs.html
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
                             <td style="min-width: 12rem;">
                                 <a href="{% url 'operations:job' row.id %}">{{ row.label }}</a>
                                 {% if op.state in active_states %}
-                                    {% if op.phase or op.progress_total %}
+                                    {% if row.phase or op.progress_total %}
                                         <div class="small text-body-secondary">
-                                            {% if op.phase %}{% translate op.phase %}{% endif %}
+                                            {{ row.phase }}
                                             {% if op.progress_total %}
-                                                {% if op.phase %}&middot;{% endif %}
+                                                {% if row.phase %}&middot;{% endif %}
                                                 {% if op.kind in bytes_kinds %}{{ op.progress_done|default:0|filesizeformat }} / {{ op.progress_total|filesizeformat }}{% else %}{{ op.progress_done|default:0 }} / {{ op.progress_total }}{% endif %}
                                             {% endif %}
                                         </div>
diff --git a/operations/templatetags/operations.py b/operations/templatetags/operations.py
index 7bbbab01..a125ddea 100644
--- a/operations/templatetags/operations.py
+++ b/operations/templatetags/operations.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.html import format_html, format_html_join
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.timesince import timesince
-from django.utils.translation import ngettext, pgettext_lazy
+from django.utils.translation import gettext, ngettext, pgettext, pgettext_lazy
 
 from operations.jobs import take_remembered
 from operations.models import Operation
@@ -78,4 +78,18 @@ def job_panel_script(context, resource):
         "jobs": reverse("operation-list"),
         "csrf_token": get_token(context["request"]),
         "remembered": take_remembered(context["request"], resource),
+        "states": {state: str(label) for state, label in STATE_LABELS.items()},
+        "text": {
+            "cancel": gettext("Cancel"),
+            "open": pgettext("verb", "Open"),
+            "refresh": gettext("Refresh"),
+            "dismiss": gettext("Dismiss"),
+            "finishing": gettext("Finishing…"),
+            "not_removed": gettext("Files not removed:"),
+            "short_operation": gettext("A short operation is in progress."),
+            "worker_unavailable": gettext("Worker unavailable, last seen"),
+            "never": gettext("never"),
+            "cancel_failed": gettext("Cancel failed (HTTP %(status)s)."),
+            "cancel_unreachable": gettext("Cancel failed: the server could not be reached."),
+        },
     }}
diff --git a/operations/tests/js/job_panel.test.js b/operations/tests/js/job_panel.test.js
index 86de38b0..8a769948 100644
--- a/operations/tests/js/job_panel.test.js
+++ b/operations/tests/js/job_panel.test.js
@@ -50,12 +50,20 @@ eval(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], "utf8"));
 eval(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[3], "utf8"));
 
 const urls = { resource: "/r", job: (id) => "/j/" + id, cancel: (id) => "/c/" + id };
+// the labels and texts the page gives (job_panel_script), here as in English
+const STATES = { queued: "queued", running: "running", cancelling: "cancelling", succeeded: "succeeded",
+                 failed: "failed", cancelled: "cancelled", uncertain: "uncertain" };
+const TEXT = { cancel: "Cancel", open: "Open", refresh: "Refresh", dismiss: "Dismiss", finishing: "Finishing\u2026",
+               not_removed: "Files not removed:", short_operation: "A short operation is in progress.",
+               worker_unavailable: "Worker unavailable, last seen", never: "never",
+               cancel_failed: "Cancel failed (HTTP %(status)s).",
+               cancel_unreachable: "Cancel failed: the server could not be reached." };
 const seen = new Date(1700000000000).toISOString();
 const running = { id: "a", label: "Delete snapshot", state: "running", phase: "Merging", progress_done: 1,
                   progress_total: 4, cancellable: false, result: {}, error: "" };
 const empty = { jobs: [], others: [], short_operation: false, worker_last_seen: seen };
 
-jobPanel(el, urls, "tok");
+jobPanel(el, urls, "tok", undefined, STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", { ...empty, jobs: [running] });
 assert.ok(el.innerHTML.includes("Delete snapshot") && el.innerHTML.includes("25%"), "shows the job and real progress");
@@ -108,7 +116,7 @@ assert.ok(!window.reloaded);
 // a job that ended before the first poll: shown from the submitted ids
 open = []; timers = [];
 const el2 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-jobPanel(el2, urls, "tok", ["b"]);
+jobPanel(el2, urls, "tok", ["b"], STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 answer("/j/b", { ...running, id: "b", state: "failed", error: "refused" });
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@ assert.ok(el2.innerHTML.includes("refused") && el2.innerHTML.includes('class="al
 // a late answer for a dismissed job does not bring it back
 const el3 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener(ev, f) { listeners3 = f; } };
 let listeners3;
-jobPanel(el3, urls, "tok", ["c"]);
+jobPanel(el3, urls, "tok", ["c"], STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 listeners3({ target: { dataset: { dismiss: "c" } } });
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ open = []; timers = [];
 let writes = 0, html4 = "";
 const el4 = { addEventListener() {},
               get innerHTML() { return html4; }, set innerHTML(v) { writes++; html4 = v; } };
-jobPanel(el4, urls, "tok");
+jobPanel(el4, urls, "tok", undefined, STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", { ...empty, jobs: [{ ...running, state: "uncertain", error: "check the disks" }] });
 assert.ok(el4.innerHTML.includes('<span class="badge bg-warning text-dark">uncertain</span>'), "dark text on the yellow badge");
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(window.backgroundJobRunning, true, "a foreground operation ke
 open = []; timers = [];
 const el6 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
 window.backgroundJobRunning = false;
-jobPanel(el6, urls, "tok");
+jobPanel(el6, urls, "tok", undefined, STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", { ...empty, jobs: [{ ...running, id: "d" }] });
 assert.strictEqual(window.backgroundJobRunning, true);
@@ -169,7 +177,7 @@ assert.ok(!open.some((r) => r.url === "/j/d" && !r.settled), "a missing job is n
 open = []; timers = [];
 window.backgroundJobRunning = false;
 const el7 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-jobPanel(el7, urls, "tok", ["e"]);
+jobPanel(el7, urls, "tok", ["e"], STATES, TEXT);
 assert.strictEqual(window.backgroundJobRunning, true, "set at init, not after the first poll");
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty, false); // a failed first poll keeps it
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(window.backgroundJobRunning, false, "released once the rememb
 open = []; timers = [];
 const el8 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
 const stale = new Date(Date.now() - 120000).toISOString();
-jobPanel(el8, urls, "tok");
+jobPanel(el8, urls, "tok", undefined, STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", { ...empty, worker_last_seen: stale, jobs: [running] });
 assert.ok(el8.innerHTML.includes("Worker unavailable"), "a running job with a stale lease warns");
@@ -209,7 +217,7 @@ open = []; timers = [];
 let click9;
 const el9 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener(ev, f) { click9 = f; } };
 const queued = { ...running, id: "q", state: "queued", cancellable: true, progress_total: null };
-jobPanel(el9, urls, "tok");
+jobPanel(el9, urls, "tok", undefined, STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", { ...empty, jobs: [queued] });
 assert.ok(el9.innerHTML.includes('data-cancel="q">Cancel</button>'), "an enabled cancel button");
@@ -234,7 +242,7 @@ assert.ok(el9.innerHTML.includes("could not be reached"), "a network error shows
 open = []; timers = [];
 window.backgroundJobRunning = false;
 const el10 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-const panel = jobPanel(el10, urls, "tok");
+const panel = jobPanel(el10, urls, "tok", undefined, STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 assert.strictEqual(window.backgroundJobRunning, false);
@@ -249,7 +257,7 @@ assert.ok(el10.innerHTML.includes("Upload") && el10.innerHTML.includes('<span cl
 // a list answer older than the job, then its detail still active: the panel keeps following it
 open = []; timers = [];
 const el11 = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-const panel11 = jobPanel(el11, urls, "tok");
+const panel11 = jobPanel(el11, urls, "tok", undefined, STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 panel11.track("u");
@@ -268,7 +276,7 @@ assert.ok(!el11.innerHTML.includes('<span class="badge bg-success">succeeded</sp
 // a job that made a VM opens its page; a warning keeps the outcome, with Open; only a path of this site
 open = []; timers = []; window.reloaded = false; window.opened = null;
 const elv = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-jobPanel(elv, urls, "tok", ["v"]);
+jobPanel(elv, urls, "tok", ["v"], STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 answer("/j/v", { ...running, id: "v", label: "Clone VM", state: "succeeded", result: { open: "/instances/9/" } });
@@ -277,7 +285,7 @@ for (const [result, shown] of [[{ open: "/instances/9/", warning: "not started"
                                [{ open: "//evil.example.com/" }, false], [{ open: "javascript:alert(1)" }, false]]) {
     open = []; timers = []; window.reloaded = false; window.opened = null;
     const elw = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-    jobPanel(elw, urls, "tok", ["w"]);
+    jobPanel(elw, urls, "tok", ["w"], STATES, TEXT);
     advance(0);
     answer("/r", empty);
     answer("/j/w", { ...running, id: "w", state: "succeeded", result });
@@ -291,7 +299,7 @@ for (const [label, doc] of [["dialog", { querySelector: (s) => s === ".modal.sho
     open = []; timers = []; window.reloaded = false;
     Object.assign(document, { activeElement: null, querySelector: () => null }, doc);
     const elm = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-    jobPanel(elm, urls, "tok", ["m"]);
+    jobPanel(elm, urls, "tok", ["m"], STATES, TEXT);
     advance(0);
     answer("/r", empty);
     answer("/j/m", { ...running, id: "m", label: "Clone", state: "succeeded" });
@@ -304,7 +312,7 @@ Object.assign(document, { activeElement: null, querySelector: () => null });
 open = []; timers = []; window.reloaded = false;
 window.xmlEditUnsaved = () => true;
 const elx = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-jobPanel(elx, urls, "tok", ["x"]);
+jobPanel(elx, urls, "tok", ["x"], STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 answer("/j/x", { ...running, id: "x", state: "succeeded" });
@@ -314,7 +322,7 @@ delete window.xmlEditUnsaved;
 // another job's outcome shown or still awaited: a quiet success does not wipe it
 open = []; timers = []; window.reloaded = false;
 const elo = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-jobPanel(elo, urls, "tok", ["f", "s", "w"]);
+jobPanel(elo, urls, "tok", ["f", "s", "w"], STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 answer("/j/f", { ...running, id: "f", label: "Migrate", state: "failed", error: "no route" });
@@ -325,7 +333,7 @@ answer("/j/w", { ...running, id: "w", label: "Snapshot", state: "succeeded" });
 assert.ok(!window.reloaded, "still not while an outcome is shown");
 open = []; timers = []; window.reloaded = false;
 const elp = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-jobPanel(elp, urls, "tok", ["s2", "f2"]);
+jobPanel(elp, urls, "tok", ["s2", "f2"], STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", empty);
 answer("/j/s2", { ...running, id: "s2", state: "succeeded" });
@@ -335,10 +343,21 @@ assert.ok(elp.innerHTML.includes("refused"), "which then shows");
 // another job still running: its outcome would be lost to a reload
 open = []; timers = []; window.reloaded = false;
 const elr = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
-jobPanel(elr, urls, "tok", ["s3"]);
+jobPanel(elr, urls, "tok", ["s3"], STATES, TEXT);
 advance(0);
 answer("/r", { ...empty, jobs: [{ ...running, id: "r3" }] });
 answer("/j/s3", { ...running, id: "s3", state: "succeeded" });
 assert.ok(!window.reloaded, "not while another job runs");
 Date.now = realNow;
 console.log("ok");
+
+// the page's language: the badge, the buttons and the panel's texts come from its settings
+{
+    const elt = { innerHTML: "", addEventListener() {} };
+    const states = { ...STATES, running: "çalışıyor" };
+    jobPanel(elt, urls, "tok", undefined, states, { ...TEXT, cancel: "İptal" });
+    advance(0);
+    answer("/r", { ...empty, jobs: [{ ...running, id: "t", cancellable: true }] });
+    assert.ok(elt.innerHTML.includes('<span class="badge bg-primary">çalışıyor</span>')
+        && elt.innerHTML.includes(">İptal</button>"), "labels and texts of the page's language");
+}
diff --git a/operations/tests/test_api.py b/operations/tests/test_api.py
index 6137caf7..a8d7d44b 100644
--- a/operations/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/operations/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 from accounts.models import UserInstance
 from computes.models import Compute
@@ -24,6 +27,14 @@ class OperationsApiTestCase(TransactionTestCase):
         UserInstance.objects.create(user=self.owner, instance=self.vm2)
         self.op = jobs.submit("test.noop", self.owner, {"uuid": "u1"}, "key-00000001")
 
+    def test_the_phase_comes_in_the_users_language_and_says_when_it_is_past_its_limit(self):
+        Operation.objects.filter(pk=self.op.pk).update(state=Operation.RUNNING, phase="Merging the snapshot")
+        self.client.force_login(self.owner)
+        url = f"/api/v1/operations/{self.op.pk}/"
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.get(url, HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE="tr").json()["phase"], "Anlık görüntü birleştiriliyor")
+        Operation.objects.filter(pk=self.op.pk).update(time_limit=60, started_at=timezone.now() - timedelta(seconds=61))
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.get(url).json()["phase"], "Merging the snapshot (over its time limit)")
+
     def test_users_list_only_their_own_jobs(self):
         self.client.force_login(self.other)
         self.assertEqual(self.client.get("/api/v1/operations/").json()["count"], 0)
diff --git a/operations/worker.py b/operations/worker.py
index c4911ce1..33a1650b 100644
--- a/operations/worker.py
+++ b/operations/worker.py
@@ -229,10 +229,9 @@ class Worker:
         now = timezone.now()
         for op in Operation.objects.filter(pk__in=list(self.jobs), time_limit__isnull=False):
             if op.started_at and now - op.started_at > timedelta(seconds=op.time_limit):
+                # one that cannot be cancelled runs on; its page says it is over its limit
                 if jobs.get_kind(op.kind).cancellable and not op.cancel_requested:
                     self._fenced_update([op.pk], state=Operation.CANCELLING, cancel_requested=True)
-                elif "(over its time limit)" not in op.phase:
-                    self._fenced_update([op.pk], phase=f"{op.phase} (over its time limit)"[:255])
 
     def _progress(self):
         """At most one query per job and none waiting for a thread, so queries