diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/features/licensing/components/LicenseCard.tsx b/apps/portal/src/app/features/licensing/components/LicenseCard.tsx
index c8942a140..8fe493e76 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/features/licensing/components/LicenseCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/features/licensing/components/LicenseCard.tsx
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ export function LicenseCard({
   // only for a cached response from before those fields existed.
   const days = license.daysUntilExpiry ?? daysUntil(license.expiryDate);
   const expired = license.status === 'EXPIRED' || days < 0;
+  // Suspended, cancelled and superseded are none of them "valid until" their
+  // expiry date — the card used to say exactly that, because only EXPIRED was
+  // treated as not-current. A suspended licence read as a live one with a grey
+  // badge.
+  const current = license.status === 'ACTIVE' && !expired;
   const renewable = license.renewable ?? false;
   const showDate = useDateDisplayer();
   const localized = useLocalized();
@@ -100,9 +105,15 @@ export function LicenseCard({
         <Badge
           size="sm"
           variant="light"
-          color={expired ? 'red' : license.status === 'ACTIVE' ? 'teal' : 'gray'}
+          color={expired ? 'red' : current ? 'teal' : 'gray'}
         >
-          {expired ? t('licensing.card.expired') : license.status}
+          {/* The raw enum was rendered here, so an Amharic page showed
+              "SUSPENDED" among otherwise translated text. */}
+          {expired
+            ? t('licensing.card.expired')
+            : t(`licensing.card.status.${license.status}`, {
+                defaultValue: license.status,
+              })}
         </Badge>
       </Group>
 
@@ -113,8 +124,19 @@ export function LicenseCard({
           <Text size="sm" fw={500}>
             {expired
               ? t('licensing.card.expiredOn', { date: showDate(license.expiryDate) })
-              : t('licensing.card.validUntil', { date: showDate(license.expiryDate) })}
+              : current
+                ? t('licensing.card.validUntil', { date: showDate(license.expiryDate) })
+                : t(`licensing.card.status.${license.status}`, {
+                    defaultValue: license.status,
+                  })}
           </Text>
+          {/* Why it stopped being current. The API returns it; the card threw
+              it away, leaving the holder to guess. */}
+          {!current && license.statusReason && (
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mt={2}>
+              {t('licensing.card.statusReason', { reason: license.statusReason })}
+            </Text>
+          )}
         </Box>
         <RequirePermission
           anyOf={[
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts b/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
index 5f921d909..ab5013291 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
@@ -802,6 +802,14 @@ export const am: Translations = {
       renewDays_one: 'አድስ — በ{{count}} ቀን ውስጥ ያበቃል',
       renewDays_other: 'አድስ — በ{{count}} ቀናት ውስጥ ያበቃል',
       renewFailed: 'ዕድሳት መጀመር አልተቻለም',
+      status: {
+        ACTIVE: 'የፀና',
+        EXPIRED: 'ጊዜው ያለፈበት',
+        SUSPENDED: 'የታገደ',
+        CANCELLED: 'የተሰረዘ',
+        SUPERSEDED: 'በአዲስ የምስክር ወረቀት የተተካ',
+      },
+      statusReason: 'ምክንያት፦ {{reason}}',
     },
     catalogue: {
       emptyTitle: 'የሚሰሩበትን የስራ ዘርፍ ይንገሩን',
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts b/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
index f3e0d4d83..f0a99d212 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -802,6 +802,14 @@ export const en = {
       renewDays_one: 'Renew — expires in {{count}} day',
       renewDays_other: 'Renew — expires in {{count}} days',
       renewFailed: 'Could not start the renewal',
+      status: {
+        ACTIVE: 'Active',
+        EXPIRED: 'Expired',
+        SUSPENDED: 'Suspended',
+        CANCELLED: 'Cancelled',
+        SUPERSEDED: 'Replaced by a newer certificate',
+      },
+      statusReason: 'Reason: {{reason}}',
     },
     catalogue: {
       emptyTitle: 'Tell us what you operate as',