diff --git a/.changeset/es-ja-dashboard-gap-source-parity.md b/.changeset/es-ja-dashboard-gap-source-parity.md
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+---
+"@objectstack/platform-objects": patch
+---
+
+fix(platform-objects): the es-ES and ja-JP `dashboard.gap` help text says what its source now says
+
+`metadataForms.dashboard.fields.gap.helpText` read `Separación de cuadrícula (unidades
+Tailwind)` in es-ES and 「グリッド間隔（Tailwind 単位）」 in ja-JP. Both were faithful
+translations of the source they were extracted against, `Grid gap (Tailwind units)` — but
+that source has since been rewritten to `Space between widgets, in steps of 0.25rem
+(4 = 1rem)`, which deliberately drops the CSS framework unit an app author never chose and
+cannot act on, and adds the magnitude the author can size a dashboard with.
+
+Both leaves kept the retired vocabulary and never gained the magnitude, because bundle
+merge fills gaps only: a present-but-stale leaf is not a gap, so no amount of
+re-extraction corrects it. They now read `Espacio entre widgets, en incrementos de 0.25rem
+(4 = 1rem)` and 「ウィジェット間の間隔、0.25rem 刻み（4 = 1rem）」 — the grid framing is gone
+exactly as it is upstream, `widgets` / 「ウィジェット」 is the word each bundle already uses
+for dashboard widgets, and the conversion is carried so a Spanish- or Japanese-reading
+author can size `gap` without reading the English.
+
+Two leaves. `columns` is unchanged upstream, so `Columnas de cuadrícula (predeterminado
+12)` and 「グリッド列（既定 12）」 stay accurate, and the other 13 source-derived prose leaves
+of this subtree (5 section descriptions plus 8 further field help texts) were read against
+the current English and are accurate in both locales.
diff --git a/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/es-ES.metadata-forms.generated.ts b/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/es-ES.metadata-forms.generated.ts
index 798ede93ef..e9ac951ae8 100644
--- a/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/es-ES.metadata-forms.generated.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/es-ES.metadata-forms.generated.ts
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ export const esESMetadataForms: NonNullable<TranslationData['metadataForms']> =
       },
       gap: {
         label: "Separación",
-        helpText: "Separación de cuadrícula (unidades Tailwind)"
+        helpText: "Espacio entre widgets, en incrementos de 0.25rem (4 = 1rem)"
       },
       refreshIntervalSeconds: {
         label: "Intervalo de actualización",
diff --git a/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/ja-JP.metadata-forms.generated.ts b/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/ja-JP.metadata-forms.generated.ts
index 84015fc32f..37347c4b74 100644
--- a/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/ja-JP.metadata-forms.generated.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-objects/src/apps/translations/ja-JP.metadata-forms.generated.ts
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ export const jaJPMetadataForms: NonNullable<TranslationData['metadataForms']> =
       },
       gap: {
         label: "間隔",
-        helpText: "グリッド間隔（Tailwind 単位）"
+        helpText: "ウィジェット間の間隔、0.25rem 刻み（4 = 1rem）"
       },
       refreshIntervalSeconds: {
         label: "更新間隔",