diff --git a/src/cli/ui/Wizard.tsx b/src/cli/ui/Wizard.tsx
index 9706f8b..101330a 100644
--- a/src/cli/ui/Wizard.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/ui/Wizard.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import {
 import type { LanguageCode } from "../../i18n/types.js";
 import { type CatalogEntry, MCP_CATALOG } from "../../mcp/catalog.js";
 import { MultiSelect, type SelectItem, SingleSelect } from "./Select.js";
-import { PRESET_DESCRIPTIONS } from "./presets.js";
 import { ThemeProvider, useTheme } from "./theme/context.js";
 import { type ThemeName, listThemeNames } from "./theme/tokens.js";
 
@@ -705,11 +704,11 @@ function SummaryLine({ label, value }: { label: string; value: string }) {
   );
 }
 
-function presetItems(): SelectItem<PresetName>[] {
+export function presetItems(): SelectItem<PresetName>[] {
   return (["auto", "flash", "pro"] as const).map((name) => ({
     value: name as PresetName,
-    label: `${name} — ${PRESET_DESCRIPTIONS[name].headline}`,
-    hint: PRESET_DESCRIPTIONS[name].cost,
+    label: `${name} — ${t(`wizard.presetDescriptions.${name}.headline`)}`,
+    hint: t(`wizard.presetDescriptions.${name}.cost`),
   }));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/i18n/EN.ts b/src/i18n/EN.ts
index 0ac9539..c1c849f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/EN.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/EN.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,20 @@ export const EN: TranslationSchema = {
       "github-light": "GitHub light",
       "high-contrast": "Accessibility",
     },
+    presetDescriptions: {
+      auto: {
+        headline: "flash → pro on hard turns",
+        cost: "default · ~96% turns stay on flash · pro kicks in only when needed",
+      },
+      flash: {
+        headline: "v4-flash always",
+        cost: "cheapest · predictable · /pro still works for a one-turn bump",
+      },
+      pro: {
+        headline: "v4-pro always",
+        cost: "~3× flash (5/31 discount) / ~12× full price · for hard multi-turn work",
+      },
+    },
     reviewLabelTheme: "Theme",
     presetTitle: "Pick a preset",
     mcpTitle: "Which MCP servers should Carbon Code wire up for you?",
diff --git a/src/i18n/types.ts b/src/i18n/types.ts
index 8282c0a..afc06a0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/types.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/types.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ export interface TranslationSchema {
     themeSampleHeading: string;
     themeFooter: string;
     themeCaption: Record<string, string>;
+    presetDescriptions: Record<"auto" | "flash" | "pro", { headline: string; cost: string }>;
     reviewTitle: string;
     reviewLabelApiKey: string;
     reviewLabelLanguage: string;
diff --git a/src/i18n/zh-CN.ts b/src/i18n/zh-CN.ts
index 7afc2e3..bd4b7c0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/zh-CN.ts
@@ -438,6 +438,20 @@ export const zhCN: TranslationSchema = {
       "github-light": "GitHub 浅色",
       "high-contrast": "高对比度（无障碍）",
     },
+    presetDescriptions: {
+      auto: {
+        headline: "困难轮次从 flash 升级到 pro",
+        cost: "默认 · 大多数轮次使用 flash · 需要时才启用 pro",
+      },
+      flash: {
+        headline: "始终使用 v4-flash",
+        cost: "最便宜 · 可预测 · 仍可用 /pro 临时提升一轮",
+      },
+      pro: {
+        headline: "始终使用 v4-pro",
+        cost: "约 3 倍 flash（5/31 折扣）/ 原价约 12 倍 · 适合困难的多轮工作",
+      },
+    },
     reviewLabelTheme: "主题",
     presetTitle: "选择预设",
     mcpTitle: "Carbon Code 要为你接入哪些 MCP 服务器？",
diff --git a/tests/wizard.test.tsx b/tests/wizard.test.tsx
index 552e2b4..1b2ff16 100644
--- a/tests/wizard.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/wizard.test.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { render } from "ink-testing-library";
 import React from "react";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { Wizard, buildSpec, validateDeepSeekApiKey } from "../src/cli/ui/Wizard.js";
+import { Wizard, buildSpec, presetItems, validateDeepSeekApiKey } from "../src/cli/ui/Wizard.js";
 import { setLanguageRuntime } from "../src/i18n/index.js";
 import { parseMcpSpec } from "../src/mcp/spec.js";
 
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@ describe("Wizard — first-launch language picker", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("Wizard — localized preset descriptions", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    setLanguageRuntime("EN");
+  });
+
+  it("shows preset descriptions in zh-CN when runtime language is Simplified Chinese", () => {
+    setLanguageRuntime("zh-CN");
+    const items = presetItems();
+
+    expect(items.map((item) => item.label)).toEqual([
+      "auto — 困难轮次从 flash 升级到 pro",
+      "flash — 始终使用 v4-flash",
+      "pro — 始终使用 v4-pro",
+    ]);
+    expect(items.map((item) => item.hint).join("\n")).not.toContain("hard turns");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("Wizard API-key validation", () => {
   it("accepts a key when DeepSeek auth check succeeds", async () => {
     const fetcher = async () => new Response(JSON.stringify({ data: [] }), { status: 200 });