diff --git a/data/lang_install.sh b/data/lang_install.sh
index 867d847..39afde4 100644
--- a/data/lang_install.sh
+++ b/data/lang_install.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ fi
 mv -f /tmp/base.*.lmo $DIR_PATCH/
 mv -f /tmp/lang_patch.sh $DIR_PATCH/
 chmod +x $DIR_PATCH/lang_patch.sh
+if [ -f /tmp/lang_patch_www.sh ]; then
+	mv -f /tmp/lang_patch_www.sh $DIR_PATCH/
+	chmod +x $DIR_PATCH/lang_patch_www.sh
+fi
 
 INSTALL_METHOD=2
 if [ ! -e "/usr/lib/os-release" ]; then
diff --git a/data/lang_patch.sh b/data/lang_patch.sh
index f325f64..dbe729f 100644
--- a/data/lang_patch.sh
+++ b/data/lang_patch.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ sed -i 's/ and features\["system"\]\["i18n"\] == "1" //' /usr/lib/lua/luci/view/
 rm -rf $SYNCOBJECT2
 
 
+# Wrap the hardcoded Chinese of the www templates in <%: %> so the LMO can
+# translate it. The templates live in the tmpfs mirror mounted above, which is
+# rebuilt from the read-only squashfs on every boot, so this has to run here on
+# every boot - after the bind mount and before luci-reload.
+[ -x $DIR_PATCH/lang_patch_www.sh ] && sh $DIR_PATCH/lang_patch_www.sh > /tmp/lang_patch_www.log 2>&1
+
 echo "lang patched" > $INST_FLAG_FN
 
 MAIN_LANG=$( uci -q get luci.main.lang )
diff --git a/data/lang_uninstall.sh b/data/lang_uninstall.sh
index f6ccca2..c682667 100644
--- a/data/lang_uninstall.sh
+++ b/data/lang_uninstall.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ uci commit firewall
 
 rm -rf $DIR_BACKUP
 rm -f $DIR_PATCH/lang_patch.sh
+rm -f $DIR_PATCH/lang_patch_www.sh
 rm -f $DIR_PATCH/base.*.lmo
 rm -f $INST_FLAG_FN
+rm -f /tmp/lang_patch_www.log
+# The <%: %> wrapping applied by lang_patch_www.sh is not undone here: the
+# templates under /usr/lib/lua/luci/view live in a tmpfs mirror that is rebuilt
+# from the read-only squashfs on every boot, so it disappears by itself. Until
+# then the wrapping is harmless - LuCI prints the original text when the
+# catalogue holds no translation for it.
 rm -f $SYNCOBJECT1
 rm -f $SYNCOBJECT2
 
diff --git a/install_lang.py b/install_lang.py
index 03305c8..26b16b2 100644
--- a/install_lang.py
+++ b/install_lang.py
@@ -242,8 +242,9 @@ gw.run_cmd(f"chmod +x {run_script} ; {run_script}", timeout = 17)
 time.sleep(1.5)
 
 gw.run_cmd(f"rm -f {fn_remote} ; rm -f {fn_remote_i} ; rm -f {fn_remote_u}")
-if full_install:
-    gw.run_cmd(f"rm -f {fn_www_remote}")
+# lang_patch_www.sh is deliberately not removed here: lang_install.sh moves it
+# into /etc/crontabs/patches, and should that move not have happened this is the
+# only copy left. It lives in tmpfs, so a stale one is gone after a reboot.
 
 prefix = '' if action == 'install' else 'un'
 print(f"Ready! The language files are {prefix}installed.")