You can use a category map, in a multi-lang environment, you can uselanguage variables:
c::set('categoryMap' [
'cat1' => 'Option 1',
'cat2' => 'Option 2'
]);
Then in your template:
$categories = c::get('categoryMap');
echo $categories['cat1'];
value() doesn’t help here.
Other option include using a plugin that reads blueprint labels (overkill), or use the value as key as well.
options:
"Option 1": Option 1
I think I have to write a cookbook article, I don’t know how many times I have answered this same question. Oh, did you know there is a search function at the top right? 
