diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dock_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dock_ui.rs
index a92d376e..ba9e9e6b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dock_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dock_ui.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ impl EffectcraftApp {
         }
         let Some(comp) = self.session.active_comp() else { return out };
         if let Some(l) = self.session.state.selected_layers.first().and_then(|id| comp.layer(*id)) {
-            out.push((PanelKind::EffectControls, format!("Effect Controls {}", l.name)));
-            out.push((PanelKind::Properties, format!("Properties: {}", l.name)));
+            out.push((PanelKind::EffectControls, format!("{} {}", crate::i18n::command_label("window.panel", "Effect Controls"), l.name)));
+            out.push((PanelKind::Properties, format!("{}: {}", crate::i18n::command_label("window.panel", "Properties"), l.name)));
         }
         out
     }
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ impl EffectcraftApp {
         let titles = self.tab_titles();
         let decos = self.tab_decos();
         let docs = self.tab_docs();
-        let title = |p: PanelKind| titles.iter().find(|(k, _)| *k == p).map(|(_, s)| s.clone()).unwrap_or_else(|| p.title().to_string());
+        let title = |p: PanelKind| {
+            titles.iter().find(|(k, _)| *k == p).map(|(_, s)| s.clone()).unwrap_or_else(|| crate::i18n::command_label("window.panel", p.title()).to_string())
+        };
         let info = dock::TabInfo { title: &title, decos: &decos, docs: &docs };
         // Where each group's tabs are (tab drags show where a tab will land between them).
         let mut tab_rects: Vec<(String, Vec<(PanelKind, Rect)>)> = vec![];
@@ -570,7 +572,7 @@ impl EffectcraftApp {
             }
         }
         // Ghost of the dragged tab.
-        let g = painter.layout_no_wrap(p.title().to_string(), crate::theme::Tokens::ui(12.0), Color32::WHITE);
+        let g = painter.layout_no_wrap(crate::i18n::command_label("window.panel", p.title()).to_string(), crate::theme::Tokens::ui(12.0), Color32::WHITE);
         let gr = Rect::from_min_size(pos + vec2(12.0, 10.0), g.size() + vec2(16.0, 8.0));
         painter.rect_filled(gr, 4.0, t.focus.gamma_multiply(0.85));
         painter.galley(gr.min + vec2(8.0, 4.0), g, Color32::WHITE);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
index fb381cfd..acbd2fdc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/header.rs
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     if mresp.clicked() {
         widgets::open_popup(ui, egui::Id::new("ws-pop"));
     }
-    let names: Vec<String> = crate::dock::WORKSPACES.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect();
+    let names: Vec<String> = crate::dock::WORKSPACES.iter().map(|s| crate::i18n::command_label("window.workspace", s).to_string()).collect();
     if let Some(i) = widgets::popup_menu(
         ui,
         egui::Id::new("ws-pop"),
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     // Small Screen, Standard.
     let shown = ["Standard", "Small Screen", "Learn", "Review", "Default"];
     for name in shown {
-        let g = p.layout_no_wrap(name.to_string(), Tokens::ui(12.0), t.text);
+        let g = p.layout_no_wrap(crate::i18n::command_label("window.workspace", name).to_string(), Tokens::ui(12.0), t.text);
         let w = g.size().x + 16.0;
         let r = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(rx - w, cy - 13.0), pos2(rx, cy + 13.0));
         if r.min.x < x + 120.0 {
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ fn puppet_options(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painter
 
 fn ws_menu(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     for w in app.workspace_names() {
-        if ui.selectable_label(app.ui.workspace == w, &w).clicked() {
+        if ui.selectable_label(app.ui.workspace == w, crate::i18n::command_label("window.workspace", &w)).clicked() {
             app.set_workspace(&w);
             ui.close();
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index 4caae8dd..8bc348df 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -118,25 +118,37 @@ pub(crate) fn label<'a>(app: &EffectcraftApp, command: &str, source: &'a str) ->
             _ => {}
         }
     }
-    match language {
-        "ja" => lookup(JAPANESE, command, source),
-        "zh-hans" => lookup(SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE, command, source),
-        "zh-hant" => lookup(TRADITIONAL_CHINESE, command, source),
-        "uk" => lookup(UKRAINIAN, command, source),
-        "es" => lookup(SPANISH, command, source),
-        "pt-br" => lookup(PORTUGUESE, command, source),
-        "ru" => lookup(RUSSIAN, command, source),
-        "fr" => lookup(FRENCH, command, source),
-        "de" => lookup(GERMAN, command, source),
-        "cs" => lookup(CZECH, command, source),
-        _ => source,
-    }
+    lookup(language, command, source).unwrap_or(source)
 }
 
-/// `source` looked up in `catalog` by (command, English label); the source itself when the pair is
+/// A command's label drawn outside the menu bar (the Timeline's and Composition panel's layer and
+/// property context menus, the dock's tab titles, the workspace bar), in the language the panels
+/// draw in: the menu bar's row for (`command`, `source`), else the panel catalog's row for
+/// `source`, else `source`. Those menus write `…` where the menu bar's sources have `...`, so
+/// either spelling finds the menu bar's row.
+pub(crate) fn command_label<'a>(command: &str, source: &'a str) -> &'a str {
+    let language = ui::current();
+    let dotted = source.strip_suffix('…').map(|stem| format!("{stem}..."));
+    lookup(language, command, source).or_else(|| lookup(language, command, dotted.as_deref()?)).unwrap_or_else(|| tr(source))
+}
+
+/// The row for (command, English label) in `language`'s menu catalog; `None` when the pair is
 /// absent, so computed labels and user names stay verbatim.
-fn lookup<'a>(catalog: &[(&str, &str, &'a str)], command: &str, source: &'a str) -> &'a str {
-    catalog.iter().find(|(id, en, _)| *id == command && *en == source).map(|(_, _, translated)| *translated).unwrap_or(source)
+fn lookup(language: &str, command: &str, source: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    let catalog = match language {
+        "ja" => JAPANESE,
+        "zh-hans" => SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE,
+        "zh-hant" => TRADITIONAL_CHINESE,
+        "uk" => UKRAINIAN,
+        "es" => SPANISH,
+        "pt-br" => PORTUGUESE,
+        "ru" => RUSSIAN,
+        "fr" => FRENCH,
+        "de" => GERMAN,
+        "cs" => CZECH,
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+    catalog.iter().find(|(id, en, _)| *id == command && *en == source).map(|(_, _, translated)| *translated)
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn entry(app: &EffectcraftApp, e: &MenuEntry, shown: String) -> String {
@@ -6617,6 +6629,20 @@ mod tests {
     use serde_json::json;
     use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
+    /// Labels drawn outside the menu bar take the menu bar's row for their command (with `…` for
+    /// `...`), else the panel catalog's row, else stay as they are.
+    #[test]
+    fn command_label_reads_the_menu_row_then_the_panel_row() {
+        set_current("zh-hans");
+        assert_eq!(command_label("window.panel", "Project"), "项目");
+        let (command, en, translated) = SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE.iter().find(|(c, en, _)| !c.is_empty() && en.ends_with("...")).expect("a menu row ending in ...");
+        assert_eq!(command_label(command, &format!("{}…", en.trim_end_matches("..."))), *translated);
+        assert_eq!(command_label("no.such.command", "Cancel"), "取消");
+        assert_eq!(command_label("window.panel", "Comp 1"), "Comp 1");
+        set_current("en");
+        assert_eq!(command_label("window.panel", "Project"), "Project");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn czech_translates_menus_without_changing_bindings_or_user_names() {
         let mut app = EffectcraftApp::new(effectcraft_engine::Session::default());
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs
index 3a4dd4af..3a271aeb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ui.rs
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ const SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Transparency grid", "透明网格"),
     ("Tutorial complete", "教程完成"),
     ("Two-Node Camera", "双节点摄像机"),
-    ("Type", "文字"),
+    ("Type", "类型"),
     ("Type a command or effect…", "输入命令或效果…"),
     ("URL:", "URL："),
     ("Undock Panel", "取消停靠面板"),
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ const TRADITIONAL_CHINESE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Transparency grid", "透明格點"),
     ("Tutorial complete", "教學完成"),
     ("Two-Node Camera", "雙節點攝影機"),
-    ("Type", "文字"),
+    ("Type", "類型"),
     ("Type a command or effect…", "輸入命令或效果…"),
     ("URL:", "URL："),
     ("Undock Panel", "取消停靠面板"),
@@ -4209,6 +4209,7 @@ mod tests {
     const CONVERTED: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
         ("color_picker.rs", include_str!("../color_picker.rs")),
         ("credits.rs", include_str!("../credits.rs")),
+        ("dock_ui.rs", include_str!("../dock_ui.rs")),
         ("header.rs", include_str!("../header.rs")),
         ("menus.rs", include_str!("../menus.rs")),
         ("widgets.rs", include_str!("../widgets.rs")),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/project.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/project.rs
index 46187fa8..f2d9c303 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/project.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/project.rs
@@ -425,13 +425,13 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
         }
     } else {
         let hint = "Select an item to see its details";
-        let r = widgets::text_fit(&p, head.center(), Align2::CENTER_CENTER, hint, Tokens::ui(11.0), head.width() - 20.0, t.text_faint);
+        let r = widgets::text_fit(&p, head.center(), Align2::CENTER_CENTER, crate::i18n::tr(hint), Tokens::ui(11.0), head.width() - 20.0, t.text_faint);
         app.auto.add("project.details.hint", r, hint);
     }
     // Search.
     let sr = Rect::from_min_size(pos2(rect.min.x + 8.0, head.max.y + 2.0), vec2(rect.width() - 16.0, 22.0));
     let mut q = app.ui.project_search.clone();
-    widgets::search_field(ui, sr, &mut q, "Search project", &t);
+    widgets::search_field(ui, sr, &mut q, crate::i18n::tr("Search project"), &t);
     app.ui.project_search = q;
     app.auto.add("project.search", sr, "Search");
     // Column header: Name, Label, then the visible optional columns.
@@ -463,7 +463,13 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
             continue;
         }
         let resp = ui.interact(hr.intersect(hdr), egui::Id::new(("proj-sort", *key)), Sense::click());
-        hp.with_clip_rect(hr).text(pos2(*x, hdr.center().y), Align2::LEFT_CENTER, *label, Tokens::ui(11.0), if resp.hovered() { t.text } else { t.text_dim });
+        hp.with_clip_rect(hr).text(
+            pos2(*x, hdr.center().y),
+            Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
+            crate::i18n::tr(label),
+            Tokens::ui(11.0),
+            if resp.hovered() { t.text } else { t.text_dim },
+        );
         if *key == "label" {
             icons::paint(&hp, Rect::from_center_size(pos2(label_x, hdr.center().y), vec2(10.0, 10.0)), Icon::Keyframe, t.text_dim);
         }
@@ -1094,7 +1100,7 @@ fn column_menu(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, resp: &egui::Response) {
         ui.label(egui::RichText::new(crate::i18n::tr("Columns")).weak());
         for (key, label, _) in COLUMNS {
             let mut on = app.ui.project_columns.iter().any(|c| c == key);
-            if ui.checkbox(&mut on, label).changed() {
+            if ui.checkbox(&mut on, crate::i18n::tr(label)).changed() {
                 set_column(&mut app.ui.project_columns, key, on);
             }
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
index 163e6507..065517d2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     // Column headers scroll with the outline and never spill into the time ruler.
     let hp = p.with_clip_rect(Rect::from_min_max(ch.min, pos2(graph_x0 - 1.0, ch.max.y)));
     let hic = |icon: Icon, x: f32| icons::paint(&hp, Rect::from_center_size(pos2(x, hy), vec2(12.0, 12.0)), icon, t.text_dim);
-    let htext = |x: f32, s: &str| hp.text(pos2(x, hy), Align2::LEFT_CENTER, s, Tokens::ui(11.0), t.text_dim);
+    let htext = |x: f32, s: &str| hp.text(pos2(x, hy), Align2::LEFT_CENTER, crate::i18n::tr(s), Tokens::ui(11.0), t.text_dim);
     if vis.av {
         hic(Icon::Eye, cw.av + 10.0);
         hic(Icon::Speaker, cw.av + 28.0);
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
             for (id, label) in COLUMNS {
                 let label = if id == "name" { if app.ui.timeline.source_name { "Source Name" } else { "Layer Name" } } else { label };
                 let on = column_visible(&app.ui.timeline, id);
-                if ui.add_enabled(id != "name", egui::Button::new(label).selected(on)).clicked() {
+                if ui.add_enabled(id != "name", egui::Button::new(crate::i18n::tr(label)).selected(on)).clicked() {
                     actions.push(("timeline.column".into(), json!({"column": id, "visible": !on})));
                     ui.close();
                 }
@@ -3796,7 +3796,7 @@ fn prop_menu(
 ) {
     let (l, uid) = (layer.id.0, prop.uid);
     let mut item = |ui: &mut egui::Ui, key: &str, label: &str, selected: bool, cmd: &str, params: serde_json::Value| {
-        let resp = ui.add(egui::Button::new(label).selected(selected));
+        let resp = ui.add(egui::Button::new(crate::i18n::command_label(cmd, label)).selected(selected));
         auto.add(&format!("timeline.prop.{uid}.menu.{key}"), resp.rect, label);
         if resp.clicked() {
             actions.push((cmd.into(), params));
@@ -3877,7 +3877,7 @@ fn layer_context_menu(
 pub(crate) fn layer_menu(ui: &mut egui::Ui, layers: &[u64], caps: LayerMenuCaps, actions: &mut Vec<(String, serde_json::Value)>) {
     let Some(&id) = layers.first() else { return };
     let mut item = |ui: &mut egui::Ui, label: &str, cmd: &str, params: serde_json::Value| {
-        if ui.button(label).clicked() {
+        if ui.button(crate::i18n::command_label(cmd, label)).clicked() {
             actions.push(("layer.select".into(), json!({"layers": layers})));
             actions.push((cmd.into(), params));
             ui.close();
@@ -3959,10 +3959,10 @@ fn effects_submenu(ui: &mut egui::Ui, layers: &[u64], item: &mut dyn FnMut(&mut
     widgets::menu_scroll(ui, |ui| {
         for (cat, mut fx) in cats {
             fx.sort_by_key(|e| e.name.to_ascii_lowercase());
-            ui.menu_button(cat, |ui| {
+            ui.menu_button(crate::i18n::effects::category(cat), |ui| {
                 widgets::menu_scroll(ui, |ui| {
                     for e in fx {
-                        item(ui, e.name, "effect.apply", json!({"effect": e.id, "layers": layers}));
+                        item(ui, &crate::i18n::effects::name(e.id, e.name), "effect.apply", json!({"effect": e.id, "layers": layers}));
                     }
                 });
             });
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewers.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewers.rs
index 8d235133..140dd6f8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewers.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewers.rs
@@ -297,5 +297,5 @@ pub fn on_close(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, p: PanelKind) {
 /// The tab label of viewer `id` ("Composition Intro").
 pub fn title(app: &EffectcraftApp, id: u32) -> Option<String> {
     let c = comp_of(app, id)?;
-    Some(format!("Composition {}", app.session.project.item(c)?.name))
+    Some(format!("{} {}", crate::i18n::command_label("window.panel", "Composition"), app.session.project.item(c)?.name))
 }