diff --git a/issue/SKILL.md b/issue/SKILL.md
index f681ddb..0593597 100644
--- a/issue/SKILL.md
+++ b/issue/SKILL.md
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ The one carve-out is rule 3 — a comment has no title.
    - **The producing chat by reference, in any phrasing** — "the
      in-context discussion", "settled before the run", "the session /
      cycle transcript", an in-context juror/panel verdict (`D3`). No
-     anchor can ever reach it; the irrecoverable case. (Quoting the
-     decision's words inline is fine — see the carve-out below.)
+     anchor can ever reach it; the irrecoverable case. (State the
+     decision's intention inline in English — see the carve-out below.)
    - **A weak prose pointer** — "above", "below", "earlier", "the prior
      comment", "logged above", "as discussed" — with no resolvable
      locator: a relative link to the target comment
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ The one carve-out is rule 3 — a comment has no title.
    by being written down, never by being pointed at (the `boss`
    reference-issue mechanic, `../boss/SKILL.md` § The reference issue).
 
-   **These stay self-contained** (don't strip them chasing the rule): an
-   inline dated verbatim quote of a chat decision ("`mach es so!`" —
-   2026-06-29) — the reader sees the exact words, and only a surplus
+   **These stay self-contained** (don't strip them chasing the rule): a
+   dated inline statement of a chat decision's *intention*, in English
+   ("dissolve the old into the new, but only once the new carries" —
+   2026-07-03) — the reader gets the substance, and only a surplus
    "settled in-context" sentence *beside* it is the violation; an
    enumerated fork `(A)`/`(B)` whose options are restated here; a
    glossary code glossed inline; a provenance sentence whose fact is also
@@ -199,6 +200,17 @@ The one carve-out is rule 3 — a comment has no title.
    "decided", drop or anchor "logged above"). Flag the *pointer* a
    tracker-only reader can't resolve, never the content it reproduces.
 
+   **State the intent, don't paste the chat.** The self-containment
+   vehicle is the decision's intention rendered in English, not the chat's
+   verbatim words. The chat is typically not English (chat language per
+   settings) while an issue is an English repo artefact ("would it be
+   committed → English"), so a pasted quote imports a foreign language and
+   the chat's register into the artefact — and it usually adds nothing the
+   intent statement doesn't already carry. Quote the exact words only
+   where the precise wording is itself load-bearing, and even then render
+   them in English (translate the original); never import a non-English
+   chat quote verbatim.
+
    - Avoid: "Approach B (the mechanism refinement decided + logged
      above)." — "logged above" points to a sibling comment with no
      resolvable locator, so a reader who landed on this comment can't reach
@@ -278,7 +290,8 @@ Notes:
 | `-d` body with a guessed flag (`--body`) | tea rejects it | `--description`/`-d` |
 | Editing without viewing first | Clobbers others' edits | `tea issues <idx>`, then edit |
 | Reading/echoing tea's config | Token leak | tea is already authenticated |
-| Pointer to the chat that produced the entry ("in-context", "the cycle transcript", a juror code) | The chat is invisible to a tracker reader — never reachable | Quote the words inline, or log the decision to the tracker and cite that comment with a relative link (`issues/N#issuecomment-M`) |
+| Pointer to the chat that produced the entry ("in-context", "the cycle transcript", a juror code) | The chat is invisible to a tracker reader — never reachable | State the decision's intent inline in English, or log the decision to the tracker and cite that comment with a relative link (`issues/N#issuecomment-M`) |
+| A verbatim chat quote pasted inline, especially not in English | Imports a foreign language and the chat register into an English artefact; usually just restates the intent | State the decision's intent in English; quote verbatim only where the exact wording is load-bearing, and then translated |
 | "above" / "below" / "the prior comment" with no anchor | A reader on a direct comment link can't tell which entry | Add a relative link to the comment (`issues/N#issuecomment-M`), a `#N`, or a *same-entry* `§` marker |
 | Artifact or path named without a locator — "the harness issue", "see the ledger", `/mnt/...`, `~/.claude/...` | Nothing to navigate to from the tracker | Supply a `#N`, SHA, in-repo path, or relative link — or reproduce the fact inline |
 | Bare un-glossed code or ordinal (`I7`, `C16`, "decision #5") | Its defining set isn't in the entry | Gloss it inline, or restate the set |
@@ -315,6 +328,11 @@ Notes:
 - A reachable reference the entry's point leans on, its substance not
   glossed inline — a linear reader can't grasp the entry without navigating
   away (the comprehension test, rule 4)
+- A verbatim chat quote pasted inline, especially one not in English —
+  the chat is typically non-English and the issue is an English artefact,
+  and the quote usually only restates the intent; state the decision's
+  intent in English (quote the exact words only where the wording itself
+  is load-bearing, and then translated)
 - About to `tea issues edit` without having viewed the issue
 - About to print or `cat` the tea config