diff --git a/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs b/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs
index 5a50220d5..71ee6d675 100644
--- a/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/alprCameras.test.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import alprCamerasLayer, {
 } from './alprCameras.js';
 import { createAlprTileSource } from '../layers/alpr/source.js';
 import { DATA_CREDITS } from './dataCredits.js';
+import { setLocale } from '../i18n/index.js';
 import {
   clearSelectedEntityContextForLayer,
   getContextStore,
@@ -473,6 +474,25 @@ test('all manufacturers share one ALPR title and color; only supplied metadata a
   }
 });
 
+// The voice model reads the label as data; the voice card translates it.
+test('the camera label stays English data in a translated interface', async () => {
+  const h = cameraHarness();
+  setLocale('ru');
+  try {
+    h.setFetch(async () =>
+      cameraResponse([
+        cameraNode(42, { tags: { 'surveillance:type': 'ALPR' } }),
+      ]),
+    );
+    await alprCamerasLayer.update();
+    h.click(h.source.entities.values[0].id);
+    assert.equal(getSelectedEntityContext().label, 'ALPR camera');
+  } finally {
+    setLocale('en');
+    h.restore();
+  }
+});
+
 test('invalid OSM ids and out-of-range coordinates never become camera entities', () => {
   for (const id of [undefined, null, 0, -1, 1.5, '42', NaN])
     assert.equal(normalizeAlprNode(cameraNode(id, { id })), null);
diff --git a/src/data/firmsInteraction.test.mjs b/src/data/firmsInteraction.test.mjs
index 442af60b2..cde867f87 100644
--- a/src/data/firmsInteraction.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/firmsInteraction.test.mjs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
 import { createFirmsHeatmapLayer, applyFirmsOverlayPolicy, buildCellCard } from './firmsHeatmap.js';
 import { fireDetectionKey } from './firmsLabels.js';
 import { registerPickOwner, unregisterPickOwner } from './pickRegistry.js';
+import { getSelectedEntityContext } from './contextStore.js';
+import { setLocale } from '../i18n/index.js';
 import { WORLD_FOCUS_REQUEST_EVENT } from '../worldFocus.js';
 import { readLayerSource } from '../testSupport/readLayerSource.mjs';
 import path from 'node:path';
@@ -234,6 +236,22 @@ test('clicking a fire CARD behaves exactly like clicking its sprite', () => {
   }
 });
 
+// The voice model reads these labels as data (track_entity, get_entity_context,
+// pointer_context); the voice card translates them where it shows them.
+test('fire labels stay English data in a translated interface', () => {
+  setLocale('ru');
+  const h = harness({ fires: [makeFire()], picked: { id: 'firms-7' } });
+  try {
+    h.click();
+    assert.equal(getSelectedEntityContext().label, 'Fire · FRP 1520 MW');
+    assert.equal(h.layer.getSelectedInfo().label, 'Fire · FRP 1520 MW');
+    assert.equal(h.layer.getStrongestFire().label, 'Fire · FRP 1520 MW');
+  } finally {
+    h.cleanup();
+    setLocale('en');
+  }
+});
+
 test('a click on neither sprite nor card clears without moving the camera', () => {
   const h = harness({ picked: { primitive: {}, content: {}, featureId: 0 } });
   try {
diff --git a/src/layers/alpr/presentation.js b/src/layers/alpr/presentation.js
index 866f15a6d..c7343d573 100644
--- a/src/layers/alpr/presentation.js
+++ b/src/layers/alpr/presentation.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   MARKER_SCALE_BY_DISTANCE,
 } from './policy.js';
 import { boxContains } from './model.js';
-import { t } from '../../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../../i18n/index.js';
 import { createAlprFloorResolver } from './floors.js';
 import { createAlprOverlay } from './overlay.js';
 import {
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ export function createAlprPresentation({ state, services, source }) {
         layerName: 'ALPR Cameras',
         source:
           source.attribution?.description || source.label || 'Camera source',
-        label: t('ALPR camera'),
+        label: msg('ALPR camera'),
         latitude: record.latitude,
         longitude: record.longitude,
         properties: {
diff --git a/src/layers/firms/queries.js b/src/layers/firms/queries.js
index a7d22589e..16ca01166 100644
--- a/src/layers/firms/queries.js
+++ b/src/layers/firms/queries.js
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ export function createQueries({
       if (!fire) return null;
       return {
         id: fireDetectionKey(fire),
-        label: t('Fire · FRP {frp} MW', {
-          frp: components.model.formatFrp(fire.frp),
-        }),
+        // i18n-ignore: English entity label; the voice card translates it (shownEntityLabel)
+        label: `Fire · FRP ${components.model.formatFrp(fire.frp)} MW`,
         latitude: fire.lat,
         longitude: fire.lon,
         frp: fire.frp,
@@ -117,9 +116,8 @@ export function createQueries({
         latitude: strongest.lat,
         longitude: strongest.lon,
         frp: strongest.frp,
-        label: t('Fire · FRP {frp} MW', {
-          frp: components.model.formatFrp(strongest.frp),
-        }),
+        // i18n-ignore: English entity label; the voice card translates it (shownEntityLabel)
+        label: `Fire · FRP ${components.model.formatFrp(strongest.frp)} MW`,
       };
     },
 
diff --git a/src/layers/firms/selection.js b/src/layers/firms/selection.js
index fc05eea2a..d5cfc4d26 100644
--- a/src/layers/firms/selection.js
+++ b/src/layers/firms/selection.js
@@ -193,9 +193,8 @@ export function createSelection({
       layerName: name,
       source: 'NASA FIRMS',
       dataSource: layerState._dataSource,
-      label: t('Fire · FRP {frp} MW', {
-        frp: components.model.formatFrp(fire.frp),
-      }),
+      // i18n-ignore: English entity label; the voice card translates it (shownEntityLabel)
+      label: `Fire · FRP ${components.model.formatFrp(fire.frp)} MW`,
       latitude: fire.lat,
       longitude: fire.lon,
       properties: {