diff --git a/Tools/i18n_audit.py b/Tools/i18n_audit.py
index 88e6d3ac6c..85a2fe94e9 100644
--- a/Tools/i18n_audit.py
+++ b/Tools/i18n_audit.py
@@ -1234,8 +1234,16 @@ def catalog_summary() -> None:
             for v in strings.values():
                 if v.get("shouldTranslate") is False:
                     continue
-                state = (v.get("localizations", {}).get(lang) or {}).get("stringUnit", {}).get("state")
-                if state != "translated":
+                # Via `_is_translated`, NOT a bare `localizations[lang].stringUnit.state` read: a
+                # pluralised entry keeps its units under `variations.plural.<category>.stringUnit`, so the
+                # flat lookup returns None and scores a fully-translated plural as a gap. That is the exact
+                # trap `_string_units` was written for, and this summary was the one caller still falling
+                # into it — reporting de/es/fr/pt-PT missing=4 and pl missing=5 on the Strand catalog when
+                # every one of those entries was translated in every form. Worse than a wrong number: it
+                # sent a reader to re-translate strings that were already done, and it made Polish look
+                # like the worst-covered language precisely BECAUSE it correctly carries one/few/many/other
+                # where the others need only a flat unit.
+                if not _is_translated(v, lang):
                     missing += 1
             line += f"  {lang} missing={missing}"
         print(" ", line)
diff --git a/Tools/i18n_extra_locale_baseline.txt b/Tools/i18n_extra_locale_baseline.txt
index c987dbea30..d854b49885 100644
--- a/Tools/i18n_extra_locale_baseline.txt
+++ b/Tools/i18n_extra_locale_baseline.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ NOOPWatch/Localizable.xcstrings:zh-Hant 0
 NOOPWatchComplications/Localizable.xcstrings:it 25
 NOOPWatchComplications/Localizable.xcstrings:zh-Hans 25
 NOOPWatchComplications/Localizable.xcstrings:zh-Hant 25
-Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:it 181
-Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:ru 158
-Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:zh-Hans 131
-Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:zh-Hant 181
+Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:it 179
+Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:ru 156
+Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:zh-Hans 129
+Strand/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings:zh-Hant 179
 values-zh/strings.xml 49
diff --git a/Tools/test_i18n_audit.py b/Tools/test_i18n_audit.py
index 42cb919b74..2cbf8ef24a 100644
--- a/Tools/test_i18n_audit.py
+++ b/Tools/test_i18n_audit.py
@@ -434,3 +434,69 @@ def test_two_word_brand_is_flagged(self):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
+
+
+class CatalogSummaryPluralCoverage(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The human-readable coverage summary must count plural entries the same way the gate does.
+
+    `catalog_summary` used to read `localizations[lang].stringUnit.state` directly. A pluralised entry
+    keeps its units under `variations.plural.<category>.stringUnit`, so that flat lookup returned None
+    and scored a fully-translated plural as a gap — it reported de/es/fr/pt-PT missing=4 and pl missing=5
+    on the Strand catalog when every one of those was translated in every form, and it made Polish look
+    worst-covered precisely because it correctly carries one/few/many/other.
+    """
+
+    def _summary(self, catalog: dict) -> str:
+        import contextlib
+        import io
+        saved_catalogs, saved_load = ia.CATALOGS, ia.load_catalog
+        try:
+            ia.CATALOGS = [((), ia.ROOT / "fixture" / "Localizable.xcstrings")]
+            ia.load_catalog = lambda _path: catalog
+            buf = io.StringIO()
+            with contextlib.redirect_stdout(buf):
+                ia.catalog_summary()
+            return buf.getvalue()
+        finally:
+            ia.CATALOGS, ia.load_catalog = saved_catalogs, saved_load
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _plural(states: dict[str, str]) -> dict:
+        return {"variations": {"plural": {
+            cat: {"stringUnit": {"state": st, "value": f"{cat} form"}} for cat, st in states.items()
+        }}}
+
+    def test_fully_translated_plural_is_not_a_gap(self):
+        cat = {"strings": {"%lld days": {"localizations": {
+            lang: self._plural({"one": "translated", "other": "translated"})
+            for lang in ("de", "es", "fr", "pt-PT")
+        }}}}
+        out = self._summary(cat)
+        for lang in ("de", "es", "fr", "pt-PT"):
+            self.assertIn(f"{lang} missing=0", out)
+
+    def test_polish_extra_plural_categories_are_not_penalised(self):
+        """one/few/many/other is Polish being handled correctly, not five gaps."""
+        cat = {"strings": {"%lld days": {"localizations": {
+            "pl": self._plural({c: "translated" for c in ("one", "few", "many", "other")}),
+        }}}}
+        self.assertIn("pl missing=0", self._summary(cat))
+
+    def test_partially_translated_plural_is_still_a_gap(self):
+        """The fix must not over-correct: one untranslated category still counts."""
+        cat = {"strings": {"%lld days": {"localizations": {
+            "de": self._plural({"one": "translated", "other": "new"}),
+        }}}}
+        self.assertIn("de missing=1", self._summary(cat))
+
+    def test_flat_string_unit_still_counted(self):
+        """Non-plural entries keep working exactly as before."""
+        cat = {"strings": {
+            "Hello": {"localizations": {"de": {"stringUnit": {"state": "translated", "value": "Hallo"}}}},
+            "Bye": {"localizations": {"de": {"stringUnit": {"state": "new", "value": ""}}}},
+        }}
+        self.assertIn("de missing=1", self._summary(cat))
+
+    def test_should_translate_false_is_skipped(self):
+        cat = {"strings": {"NOOP": {"shouldTranslate": False, "localizations": {}}}}
+        self.assertIn("de missing=0", self._summary(cat))