Translating the same course to multiple languages

I have a Language variable that is set at the beginning of the course and then each object has mutliple states to reflect the language. What I find works is that If I have the Normal state as English, use the built-in states of Drop Correct and Visited, and then duplicate Normal for a state for each language, the language states adopt the formatting for Drop Correct and Visited. This is without having to have a state for each language and each built-in state, e.g. Chinese Visited, etc. My question is why does this not work for Hover and Selected states?