diff --git a/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownParsing.cs b/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownParsing.cs
index 8aa9e9afa..87f0199db 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownParsing.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownParsing.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ public static string GetStringFromForm(byte form, GameStrings strings, ushort sp
         var result = form >= forms.Length ? string.Empty : forms[form];
 
         // Showdown uses a non-standard representation for some forms, and uses interstitial dashes instead of spaces.
+        if (strings.Language != LanguageID.English)
+            return result;
         return GetShowdownFormName(species, result);
     }
 
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ public static string GetShowdownText(PKM pk, in BattleTemplateExportSettings set
     {
         if (pk.Species == 0)
             return string.Empty;
-        var set = new ShowdownSet(pk);
+        var set = new ShowdownSet(pk, settings.Localization);
         set.InterpretAsPreview(pk);
         return set.GetText(settings);
     }
@@ -371,7 +373,7 @@ public static IEnumerable<ShowdownSet> GetShowdownSets(IEnumerable<PKM> data)
     /// <returns>Multi-line string</returns>
     public static string GetLocalizedPreviewText(PKM pk, in BattleTemplateExportSettings settings)
     {
-        var set = new ShowdownSet(pk);
+        var set = new ShowdownSet(pk, settings.Localization);
         set.InterpretAsPreview(pk);
         return set.GetText(settings);
     }
diff --git a/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownSet.cs b/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownSet.cs
index 51c78dd66..db721a33e 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownSet.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Core/Editing/BattleTemplate/Showdown/ShowdownSet.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ private void LoadLines(IEnumerable<string> lines, BattleTemplateLocalization loc
     private void SanitizeResult(BattleTemplateLocalization localization)
     {
         ReviseContextIfPastGenForm(localization.Strings);
-        FormName = ShowdownParsing.GetFormNameFromShowdownFormName(Species, FormName, Ability);
+        if (localization.Strings.Language == LanguageID.English)
+            FormName = ShowdownParsing.GetFormNameFromShowdownFormName(Species, FormName, Ability);
         Form = ShowdownParsing.GetFormFromString(FormName, localization.Strings, Species, Context);
 
         // Handle edge case with fixed-gender forms.