Index: includes/workflow_views_handler_field_state.inc
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--- includes/workflow_views_handler_field_state.inc
+++ includes/workflow_views_handler_field_state.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Provide views field handler for workflow.module.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Render a workflow state name.
+ */
+class workflow_views_handler_field_state extends views_handler_field {
+
+  function render($values) {
+    return t($values->{$this->field_alias});
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
Index: includes/workflow.views.inc
===================================================================
--- includes/workflow.views.inc
+++ includes/workflow.views.inc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     'title' => t('Current state name'), // Appears in views UI.
     'help' => t('The readable name of the workflow state that the node is in. (Less efficient, use only when click-sorting by state name.)'),
     'field' => array(
-      'handler' => 'views_handler_field',
+      'handler' => 'workflow_views_handler_field_state',
       'click sortable' => TRUE,
      ),
   );
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@
       'workflow_views_handler_field_sid' => array(
         'parent' => 'views_handler_field_node',
       ),
+      'workflow_views_handler_field_state' => array(
+        'parent' => 'views_handler_field',
+      ),
       // filter handlers
       'workflow_views_handler_filter_sid' => array(
         'parent' => 'views_handler_filter_in_operator',