diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
index ef814fcf5..74fe7890f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
@@ -1885,6 +1885,8 @@ lighting	Light	Światło
 	Repeat Tab	Powtórz tabulator
 	Right-Justified Tab	Tabulator prawy
 	Top-Justified Tab	Tabulator górny
+	X:	X:
+	Y:	Y:
 	Select a text object to set its tab stops.	Zaznacz obiekt tekstowy, aby ustawić jego tabulatory.
 	Select text	Zaznacz tekst
 	Snap to Unit	Przyciągaj do jednostek
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv
index 6eac7c3c3..cde41165c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv
@@ -4002,7 +4002,9 @@ mark-style	Japanese	Kiểu Nhật
 	X11 (XWayland) When a Pen Is Attached	X11 (XWayland) khi có bút được kết nối
 	If a drawing tablet's pen doesn't draw, choose an X11 (XWayland) option.	Nếu bút của bảng vẽ không vẽ được, hãy chọn một tùy chọn X11 (XWayland).
 	X11 (XWayland)	X11 (XWayland)
+	X:	X:
 	XML ID	XML ID
+	Y:	Y:
 	Yards	Yard
 	Yellow	Vàng
 	Your browser downloads the files (several as one .zip).	Trình duyệt của bạn tải xuống các tệp (một số tệp gộp thành một .zip).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs.rs
index 455bfb583..9eba2af7b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     });
     ui.add_space(4.0);
     egui::Grid::new("tabs-grid").num_columns(2).spacing([6.0, 4.0]).show(ui, |ui| {
-        ui.label(egui::RichText::new(if vertical { "Y:" } else { "X:" }).color(t.text));
+        ui.label(egui::RichText::new(if vertical { tl!("Y:") } else { tl!("X:") }).color(t.text));
         let x = stops.get(sel).map(|s| s.position);
         if let Some(v) = widgets::spin_field(ui, "tabs-x", x, app.session.general_unit(), 90.0, 1.0, 0.0, &[])
             && let Some(i) = apply_moved(app, ui.ctx(), &mut stops, sel, v.max(0.0))
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs/tests.rs
index e7919b448..e66f5860f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tabs/tests.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,27 @@ fn vertical_type_names_the_alignments_top_and_bottom_and_the_position_y() {
     }
 }
 
+/// The position field's label is translated: French puts a no-break space before the colon,
+/// Chinese writes a full-width colon.
+#[test]
+fn position_label_is_translated() {
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+    app.session.execute("file.new", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("text.create", &json!({"x": 10, "y": 20, "text": "a	b", "area": {"width": 300, "height": 100}})).unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("text.tabs.set", &json!({"stops": [{"position": 50}]})).unwrap();
+    let labels = |app: &mut VectorcraftApp| {
+        let text = crate::tests_labels::painted_text(app, show);
+        ["X:", "Y:", "X\u{a0}:", "Y\u{a0}:", "X：", "Y："].into_iter().filter(|l| text.lines().any(|t| t.trim() == *l)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    };
+    for (code, horizontal, vertical) in [("fr", "X\u{a0}:", "Y\u{a0}:"), ("zh-hans", "X：", "Y："), ("en", "X:", "Y:")] {
+        crate::i18n::set_current(crate::i18n::Lang::from_code(code).unwrap());
+        app.session.execute("type.orientation.horizontal", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(labels(&mut app), [horizontal], "{code}");
+        app.session.execute("type.orientation.vertical", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(labels(&mut app), [vertical], "{code}");
+    }
+}
+
 /// #924: Leader and Align On keep what is typed, frame after frame, until Enter applies it
 /// (spaces kept, eight characters at most).
 #[test]