diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index cea777e49ed76..a8dd47fd5bad7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1456,6 +1456,19 @@ repos:
         files: ^airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/public/i18n/locales/.*\.json$
         entry: ./scripts/ci/prek/check_i18n_json.py
         pass_filenames: false
+      - id: check-en-language-freeze
+        name: Check for Default language (English) freeze
+        description: Prevent changes to English translation files during the language freeze period (typically around release time; time is measured in UTC)
+        language: python
+        entry: ./scripts/ci/prek/check_default_language_freeze.py
+        args:
+          - --freeze-start-date
+          - "2025-09-01"
+          - --freeze-end-date
+          - "2025-09-09"
+        files: ^airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/public/i18n/locales/en/.*
+        exclude: ^airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/public/i18n/locales/en/_freeze_exemptions\.json.*
+        pass_filenames: true
       - id: check-provider-yaml-valid
         name: Validate provider.yaml files
         entry: ./scripts/ci/prek/check_provider_yaml_files.py
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/public/i18n/locales/en/_freeze_exemptions.json b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/public/i18n/locales/en/_freeze_exemptions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..43fcce7b0801f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/public/i18n/locales/en/_freeze_exemptions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "admin": {},
+  "assets": {},
+  "browse": {},
+  "common": {},
+  "components": {},
+  "dag": {},
+  "dags": {},
+  "dashboard": {},
+  "hitl": {},
+  "tasks": {}
+}
diff --git a/dev/i18n/check_translations_completeness.py b/dev/i18n/check_translations_completeness.py
index 1ca6907423fc1..1435a829bc1c9 100755
--- a/dev/i18n/check_translations_completeness.py
+++ b/dev/i18n/check_translations_completeness.py
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ def expand_plural_keys(keys: set[str], lang: str) -> set[str]:
 def get_locale_files() -> list[LocaleFiles]:
     return [
         LocaleFiles(
-            locale=locale_dir.name, files=[f.name for f in locale_dir.iterdir() if f.suffix == ".json"]
+            locale=locale_dir.name,
+            files=[
+                f.name
+                for f in locale_dir.iterdir()
+                if f.suffix == ".json" and f.name != "_freeze_exemptions.json"
+            ],
         )
         for locale_dir in LOCALES_DIR.iterdir()
         if locale_dir.is_dir()
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prek/check_default_language_freeze.py b/scripts/ci/prek/check_default_language_freeze.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..10b4b4acd366f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/prek/check_default_language_freeze.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from subprocess import run
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Check for language freeze period and prevent changes to specified files."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--freeze-start-date", required=True, help="Start date of the freeze (YYYY-MM-DD)")
+    parser.add_argument("--freeze-end-date", required=True, help="End date of the freeze (YYYY-MM-DD)")
+    parser.add_argument("files", nargs="*", help="Files to check.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    freeze_start = None
+    freeze_end = None
+    try:
+        freeze_start = datetime.strptime(args.freeze_start_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+        freeze_end = datetime.strptime(args.freeze_end_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+    except ValueError as e:
+        print(f"Error: Invalid date format in pre-commit config. {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    today = datetime.now(timezone(timedelta(hours=-12))).date()
+
+    if freeze_start <= today <= freeze_end:
+        changed_files = [
+            f for f in args.files if run(["git", "diff", "--cached", "--quiet", "--", f]).returncode != 0
+        ]
+        if changed_files:
+            print(
+                f"Error: English language freeze is active from {args.freeze_start_date} to "
+                f"{args.freeze_end_date}.",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+            print(
+                "Changes to English translation files (except for _freeze_exemptions.json) are not allowed during this period.",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+            print(
+                "You may instead add the changes to _freeze_exemptions.json, and by the end of the freeze period, we will merge them back to the original files.",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+            print("The following files have staged changes:", file=sys.stderr)
+            for file_path in changed_files:
+                print(f"  - {file_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    sys.exit(0)