diff --git a/backend/app/translation.py b/backend/app/translation.py
index 45efb44..0a6ee9f 100644
--- a/backend/app/translation.py
+++ b/backend/app/translation.py
@@ -62,6 +62,39 @@ class TextIndex:
     modules: list[tuple[str, int]] = field(default_factory=list)
 
 
+_WORD = re.compile(r"[^\W\d_]")
+_SCREEN_TEXT = {"text", "textbutton", "label"}
+
+
+def marked_strings(value: Any) -> list[str]:
+    """Texts that Ren'Py translates by their source: ``_("...")`` and the literal text of screen widgets.
+
+    ``show text _("...")``, ``$ x = _("...")`` and screen ``text "..."`` carry no dialogue id, so they
+    are keyed by the text itself, like menu items. Strings without a letter (numbers, markup) are skipped.
+    """
+    out: list[str] = []
+    stack = [value]
+    while stack:
+        item = stack.pop()
+        if isinstance(item, list):
+            stack.extend(reversed(item))
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(item, dict):
+            continue
+        func = item.get("f")
+        if (item.get("k") == "call" and isinstance(func, dict) and func.get("k") == "name"
+                and func.get("id") in ("_", "__") and len(item.get("a") or []) == 1):
+            arg = item["a"][0]
+            if isinstance(arg, dict) and arg.get("k") == "const" and isinstance(arg.get("v"), str):
+                out.append(arg["v"])
+        if item.get("w") in _SCREEN_TEXT and item.get("args"):
+            arg = item["args"][0]
+            if isinstance(arg, dict) and arg.get("k") == "const" and isinstance(arg.get("v"), str):
+                out.append(arg["v"])
+        stack.extend(reversed(list(item.values())))
+    return [text for text in out if text.strip() and _WORD.search(text)]
+
+
 def text_index(manifest: dict[str, Any]) -> TextIndex:
     game_hash = manifest["files"]["game.json"]["hash"]
     game = blob_json(game_hash)
@@ -109,7 +142,11 @@ def _build_index(game_hash: str, scripts: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...]) -> TextIn
                     idx.lines.append(info)
                     idx.by_tid[info.tid] = info
                     count += 1
+        for text in marked_strings(module["labels"]):
+            idx.strings.setdefault(text, "text")
         idx.modules.append((path, count))
+    for text in marked_strings(game.get("screens") or {}):
+        idx.strings.setdefault(text, "text")
     return idx
 
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_translation.py b/backend/tests/test_translation.py
index 51b7f97..6d2b933 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_translation.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_translation.py
@@ -96,3 +96,26 @@ def test_entries_page_locates_a_line_in_the_filtered_list(manifest):
     assert tr.entries_page(m, "ru", state="todo", locate=first.tid)["located"] == 0
     assert tr.entries_page(m, "ru", locate="")["located"] is None
     assert tr.entries_page(m, "ru", kind="strings", locate="Эйлин")["located"] is not None
+
+
+def _mark(text):
+    return {"k": "call", "f": {"k": "name", "id": "_"}, "a": [{"k": "const", "v": text}]}
+
+
+def test_marked_strings_and_screen_texts_become_translatable_strings():
+    body = [
+        {"op": "show", "img": {"textExpr": _mark("Do you want a short tutorial?")}},
+        {"op": "python", "code": [{"k": "assign", "value": _mark("Hi, [name]!")}]},
+        {"op": "show", "img": {"textExpr": _mark("")}},           # empty: nothing to translate
+        {"op": "show", "img": {"textExpr": _mark("42")}},         # no letters: not text
+        {"op": "show", "img": {"textExpr": {"k": "call", "f": {"k": "name", "id": "other"},
+                                             "a": [{"k": "const", "v": "Not marked"}]}}},
+    ]
+    screens = {"menu": {"body": [
+        {"w": "text", "args": [{"k": "const", "v": "Preferences"}], "props": {}, "body": []},
+        {"w": "textbutton", "args": [{"k": "const", "v": "Quit"}], "props": {}, "body": []},
+        {"w": "text", "args": [{"k": "name", "id": "title"}], "props": {}, "body": []},   # variable
+        {"w": "add", "args": [{"k": "const", "v": "bg.png"}], "props": {}, "body": []},   # not text
+    ]}}
+    assert tr.marked_strings([{"name": "start", "body": body}]) == ["Do you want a short tutorial?", "Hi, [name]!"]
+    assert tr.marked_strings(screens) == ["Preferences", "Quit"]
diff --git a/docs/LOCALIZATION.md b/docs/LOCALIZATION.md
index 7f16078..0acd989 100644
--- a/docs/LOCALIZATION.md
+++ b/docs/LOCALIZATION.md
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ translate russian strings:
   переводит одну строку с тем же контекстом и глоссарием и помечает её
   «Машинный». Редактор ищет переводчик сам, только если он уже работал в этом
   браузере, чтобы Chrome не спрашивал про локальную сеть без причины;
+* вкладка «Имена и меню» собирает не только имена, пункты меню и `show text "…"`,
+  но и строки `_("…")` из скриптов и постоянный текст экранов (`text`, `textbutton`,
+  `label`): у них нет идентификатора реплики, поэтому они переводятся по тексту
+  оригинала, как в Ren'Py. Список строится из уже конвертированной версии, повторный
+  импорт игры не нужен;
 * декоративные теги Ren'Py (`{size=…}`, `{i}`, `{b}`, `{color=…}` и т. п.) внутри
   слов (`d{size=38}e{/size}ep`) после перевода на место не вернуть, поэтому такие
   строки уходят модели без этих тегов, а результат помечается «Неточно». Строки с
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/TranslationEditor.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/TranslationEditor.tsx
index 850ab23..041b902 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/TranslationEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/TranslationEditor.tsx
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ function EntriesView({ versionId, lang, tab, ov, onStats, session, fills, fillTi
     const t = setTimeout(() => {
       setQ(query);
       setPage(0);
+      // looking for a phrase means looking everywhere, not only among what still needs work
+      if (query.trim()) setState((current) => (current === "todo" ? "all" : current));
     }, 300);
     return () => clearTimeout(t);
   }, [query]);
diff --git a/frontend/src/translator/session.ts b/frontend/src/translator/session.ts
index af16dae..497f096 100644
--- a/frontend/src/translator/session.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/translator/session.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ function loadPrefs(): Prefs {
   }
 }
 
+/** Visual novels spell stutters with hyphens and repeated letters; models misread the broken word. */
+const STUTTER_HINT = "The source may contain stuttering written with hyphens and repeated letters, "
+  + "like \"c-cer-cervix\" or \"m-my\". First work out the intended word, translate that word correctly "
+  + "and keep the stutter in the translation (for example \"ш-шейка матки\"). Never translate the broken spelling literally.";
+
 export type Connection = Link | "idle" | "checking";
 
 export interface Session {
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ export function useTranslatorSession(versionId: string | undefined, version: Ver
       context: [`Game: ${title}.`, prefs.about && g?.description,
         prefs.about && g?.tags?.length ? `Genres and tags: ${g.tags.join(", ")}.` : ""]
         .filter(Boolean).join(" ").slice(0, 4000),
-      instructions: instructions.trim(),
+      instructions: [instructions.trim(), STUTTER_HINT].filter(Boolean).join(" "),
       glossary: Object.fromEntries((meta.glossary ?? []).filter((t) => t.src.trim() && t.t.trim())
         .map((t) => [t.src.trim(), t.t.trim()])),
       provider: prefs.provider || "lmstudio",