diff --git a/src/lib/views/Settings.svelte b/src/lib/views/Settings.svelte
index 6763b2d..b20e0b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/views/Settings.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/views/Settings.svelte
@@ -706,16 +706,18 @@
           {t("nav.about")}
         </button>
       </nav>
-      <button class="close" onclick={onClose} aria-label="Close" title="Close (Esc)">
+      <button
+        class="close"
+        onclick={onClose}
+        aria-label={t("settings.close")}
+        title={t("settings.close_title")}
+      >
         <X size={18} aria-hidden="true" />
       </button>
     </header>
 
     {#if settings.backendStub && section === "sync"}
-      <p class="stub">
-        Preview mode — the sync backend isn't implemented yet (Phase 9). Changes are kept in the UI
-        only.
-      </p>
+      <p class="stub">{t("settings.sync.stub")}</p>
     {/if}
 
     {#if section === "recording"}
@@ -1261,51 +1263,52 @@
       </section>
     {:else if section === "sync"}
       <section>
-        <h3>Sync &amp; upload</h3>
+        <h3>{t("settings.sync.title")}</h3>
         <label class="row">
           <input
             type="checkbox"
             checked={settings.settings.sync_enabled}
             onchange={(e) => settings.setSyncEnabled((e.target as HTMLInputElement).checked)}
           />
-          <span>Enable uploading meeting artifacts to configured targets</span>
+          <span>{t("settings.sync.enable_label")}</span>
         </label>
-        <p class="muted">
-          Off by default. Nothing is uploaded unless this is on and a target is enabled. Self-hosted
-          targets keep data on your own server; third-party clouds are clearly labeled.
-        </p>
+        <p class="muted">{t("settings.sync.enable_hint")}</p>
 
-        <h4>Targets</h4>
+        <h4>{t("settings.sync.targets_title")}</h4>
         {#if settings.targets.length === 0}
-          <p class="muted">No targets yet. Add one below.</p>
+          <p class="muted">{t("settings.sync.no_targets")}</p>
         {:else}
           <ul class="targets">
-            {#each settings.targets as t (t.id)}
+            {#each settings.targets as target (target.id)}
               <li>
                 <label class="tg">
                   <input
                     type="checkbox"
-                    checked={t.enabled}
-                    onchange={() => settings.toggleTargetEnabled(t)}
+                    checked={target.enabled}
+                    onchange={() => settings.toggleTargetEnabled(target)}
                   />
-                  <span class="name">{t.name || t.kind}</span>
+                  <span class="name">{target.name || target.kind}</span>
                 </label>
-                <span class="badge" class:third={t.third_party}
-                  >{t.third_party ? "third-party" : "your server"}</span
+                <span class="badge" class:third={target.third_party}
+                  >{target.third_party
+                    ? t("settings.sync.third_party")
+                    : t("settings.sync.your_server")}</span
                 >
-                <span class="host">{t.host ?? t.kind}</span>
-                {#if !t.third_party}
-                  <button class="link" onclick={() => startEdit(t)}>Edit</button>
+                <span class="host">{target.host ?? target.kind}</span>
+                {#if !target.third_party}
+                  <button class="link" onclick={() => startEdit(target)}
+                    >{t("settings.sync.edit")}</button
+                  >
                 {/if}
-                <button class="link danger" onclick={() => settings.removeTarget(t.id)}
-                  >Remove</button
+                <button class="link danger" onclick={() => settings.removeTarget(target.id)}
+                  >{t("settings.sync.remove")}</button
                 >
               </li>
             {/each}
           </ul>
         {/if}
 
-        <h4>{editingId ? "Edit target" : "Add a target"}</h4>
+        <h4>{editingId ? t("settings.sync.edit_target") : t("settings.sync.add_target")}</h4>
         {#if !editingId}
           <div class="kinds">
             {#each ["webdav", "onedrive", "dropbox", "box"] as k (k)}
@@ -1317,20 +1320,22 @@
         {/if}
 
         {#if form.kind === "webdav"}
-          <p class="muted">
-            WebDAV covers Nextcloud, ownCloud, Cloudreve, Seafile, and Synology. (Seafile: enable
-            SeafDAV server-side.)
-          </p>
+          <p class="muted">{t("settings.sync.webdav_hint")}</p>
           <div class="grid">
-            <label>Name<input bind:value={form.name} placeholder="Home Nextcloud" /></label>
             <label
-              >Provider
+              >{t("settings.sync.name")}<input
+                bind:value={form.name}
+                placeholder={t("settings.sync.name_placeholder")}
+              /></label
+            >
+            <label
+              >{t("settings.sync.provider")}
               <select bind:value={form.provider_hint}>
                 {#each PROVIDERS as p (p)}<option value={p}>{p}</option>{/each}
               </select>
             </label>
             <label class="wide"
-              >Server URL<input
+              >{t("settings.sync.server_url")}<input
                 bind:value={form.base_url}
                 placeholder={davAutoPath
                   ? "https://cloud.example.com"
@@ -1338,36 +1343,46 @@
               />
               {#if davAutoPath}
                 <small class="muted"
-                  >Just your server URL — WhispAssist adds
-                  <code>/remote.php/dav/files/&lt;username&gt;/</code> automatically.</small
+                  >{t("settings.sync.server_url_note_1")}
+                  <code>/remote.php/dav/files/&lt;username&gt;/</code>
+                  {t("settings.sync.server_url_note_2")}</small
                 >
               {/if}
             </label>
-            <label>Remote folder<input bind:value={form.remote_base_path} /></label>
-            <label>Username<input bind:value={form.username} /></label>
             <label
-              >App password<input
+              >{t("settings.sync.remote_folder")}<input bind:value={form.remote_base_path} /></label
+            >
+            <label>{t("settings.sync.username")}<input bind:value={form.username} /></label>
+            <label
+              >{t("settings.sync.app_password")}<input
                 type="password"
                 bind:value={form.secret}
-                placeholder={editingId
-                  ? "leave blank to keep current password"
-                  : "stored in OS credential store"}
+                placeholder={editingId ? t("settings.sync.pw_keep") : t("settings.sync.pw_store")}
               /></label
             >
           </div>
           <fieldset class="artifacts">
-            <legend>Upload</legend>
-            <label><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_transcript} /> transcript</label
-            >
-            <label><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_notes} /> notes</label>
-            <label><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_summary} /> summary</label>
+            <legend>{t("settings.sync.upload_legend")}</legend>
             <label
-              ><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_recording} /> recording (.wav, if retained)</label
+              ><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_transcript} />
+              {t("settings.sync.artifact_transcript")}</label
+            >
+            <label
+              ><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_notes} />
+              {t("settings.sync.artifact_notes")}</label
+            >
+            <label
+              ><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_summary} />
+              {t("settings.sync.artifact_summary")}</label
+            >
+            <label
+              ><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.upload_recording} />
+              {t("settings.sync.artifact_recording")}</label
             >
           </fieldset>
           <label class="row small"
-            ><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.allow_plaintext_lan} /> Allow plaintext http for
-            a LAN address (not recommended)</label
+            ><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={form.allow_plaintext_lan} />
+            {t("settings.sync.allow_plaintext")}</label
           >
           <label class="row small">
             <input
@@ -1375,16 +1390,19 @@
               bind:checked={form.encrypt_before_upload}
               disabled={!vault?.unlocked}
             />
-            Encrypt before upload (destination stores only ciphertext)
-            {#if !vault?.unlocked}<span class="muted">— requires an unlocked vault</span>{/if}
+            {t("settings.sync.encrypt_before")}
+            {#if !vault?.unlocked}<span class="muted">{t("settings.sync.requires_vault")}</span
+              >{/if}
           </label>
           <div class="actions">
-            <button onclick={testConnection}>Test connection</button>
+            <button onclick={testConnection}>{t("settings.sync.test_connection")}</button>
             <button class="primary" onclick={saveTarget} disabled={!form.name || !form.base_url}
-              >{editingId ? "Save changes" : "Add target"}</button
+              >{editingId
+                ? t("settings.sync.save_changes")
+                : t("settings.sync.add_target_btn")}</button
             >
             {#if editingId}
-              <button class="link" onclick={cancelEdit}>Cancel</button>
+              <button class="link" onclick={cancelEdit}>{t("settings.sync.cancel")}</button>
             {/if}
             {#if testResult}
               <span class="test" class:ok={testResult.ok} class:fail={!testResult.ok}>
@@ -1399,27 +1417,28 @@
         {:else}
           <div class="banner">
             <AlertTriangle size={14} aria-hidden="true" />
-            {form.kind} is a third-party cloud — uploading sends your data off your device to {form.kind}.
+            {t("settings.sync.third_party_banner", { kind: form.kind })}
           </div>
           <div class="grid">
-            <label class="wide">Name<input bind:value={form.name} placeholder={form.kind} /></label>
+            <label class="wide"
+              >{t("settings.sync.name")}<input
+                bind:value={form.name}
+                placeholder={form.kind}
+              /></label
+            >
           </div>
           <div class="actions">
-            <button class="primary" onclick={linkOAuth}>Link {form.kind} account…</button>
-            <span class="muted"
-              >Opens an OAuth sign-in (loopback redirect); the token is stored in your OS credential
-              store.</span
+            <button class="primary" onclick={linkOAuth}
+              >{t("settings.sync.link_account", { kind: form.kind })}</button
             >
+            <span class="muted">{t("settings.sync.oauth_hint")}</span>
           </div>
           {#if settings.linkMessage}
             <p class="muted">{settings.linkMessage}</p>
           {/if}
         {/if}
 
-        <p class="muted footnote">
-          Credentials are never written to settings or the database — only the OS credential store.
-          TLS is required for non-LAN targets.
-        </p>
+        <p class="muted footnote">{t("settings.sync.footnote")}</p>
       </section>
     {:else if section === "ai"}
       <section>