diff --git a/internal/check-hardcoded-english.mjs b/internal/check-hardcoded-english.mjs
index b64fdfe13..77ac51ccb 100644
--- a/internal/check-hardcoded-english.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-hardcoded-english.mjs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function literalProps(node, file, out) {
     if (!PROP_HINT.test(p.name)) continue
     const text = String(p.value.content).trim()
     if (!text.length || !isProse(text) || allowedBy(text)) continue
-    out.push({ file, kind: `suspect-prop:${p.name}`, text: `<${node.tag} ${p.name}="${text}">`, suspect: true })
+    out.push({ file, kind: `suspect-prop:${p.name}`, text: `<${node.tag} ${p.name}="${text}">`, suspect: true, line: p.loc?.start?.line ?? node.loc?.start?.line ?? 0 })
   }
 }
 
@@ -295,7 +295,22 @@ function guardedFallback(stack, names) {
   })
 }
 
-function scanScript(code, file, out) {
+// A node's own line, shifted into file coordinates. Babel counts from 1, so a block that itself
+// starts at line N puts its first line at N, not N+1 — hence the -1. Missing loc (errorRecovery can
+// produce it) degrades to the block start rather than to a confident 0.
+function lineOf(node, lineBase) {
+  const l = node?.loc?.start?.line
+  return typeof l === 'number' ? l + lineBase - (lineBase ? 1 : 0) : (lineBase || 0)
+}
+
+// ★ A FINDING WITHOUT A LINE COSTS THE READER THE SEARCH. Reporting only file + text means every
+// owner re-derives the site by grepping the string, and the FIRST textual match is very often a
+// comment that discusses the string rather than the code that renders it — sr triaged two findings
+// to the wrong site that way before adding this. `lineBase` maps a parsed block's own coordinates
+// back onto the file: 0 for a whole script block that starts at line 1, the block's start line
+// otherwise, and the attribute's line for a bound expression (which is re-parsed standalone, so its
+// internal numbering describes the fragment and not the file).
+function scanScript(code, file, out, lineBase = 0) {
   const names = localizedNames(code)
   const ast = babel.parse(code, { sourceType: 'module', plugins: ['jsx'], errorRecovery: true })
   walkAst(ast, (node, parent, stack) => {
@@ -316,7 +331,7 @@ function scanScript(code, file, out) {
       if (!text.length || !isProse(text)) return   // gospel: empty matches were being reported
       if (!/\s/.test(text)) return                 // ⚠ the single-word blind spot, documented above
       if (allowedBy(text)) return
-      out.push({ file, kind: 'script-string', text })
+      out.push({ file, kind: 'script-string', text, line: lineOf(node, lineBase) })
       return
     }
     // ★ ONE TEMPLATE LITERAL IS ONE FINDING (upg100). Reporting each quasi separately turned a single
@@ -330,7 +345,7 @@ function scanScript(code, file, out) {
     })
     if (!leaks) return
     const whole = quasis.map((q) => q.trim()).filter(Boolean).join(' {…} ').trim()
-    out.push({ file, kind: 'template-literal', text: whole })
+    out.push({ file, kind: 'template-literal', text: whole, line: lineOf(node, lineBase) })
   })
 }
 
@@ -339,12 +354,14 @@ function scanScript(code, file, out) {
 // nothing — a blind spot every one of the four private scanners shared (sr, 2026-09-28; real case
 // DashboardDataTable.vue:884). The expression is parsed with the same rules as a script block, so a
 // literal inside t()/tf(), or behind a te() guard, still passes.
-function scanBoundExpr(expr, file, attrName, out) {
+function scanBoundExpr(expr, file, attrName, out, line = 0) {
   const code = String(expr || '').trim()
   if (!code) return
   const found = []
   try { scanScript(`(${code})`, file, found) } catch { return }   // not parseable as an expression: skip
-  for (const f of found) out.push({ file, kind: `bind:${attrName}`, text: f.text })
+  // The fragment was parsed alone, so `f.line` numbers the fragment; the ATTRIBUTE's line is the
+  // fact the reader needs. A multi-line bound expression therefore reports its opening line.
+  for (const f of found) out.push({ file, kind: `bind:${attrName}`, text: f.text, line })
 }
 
 // ★ dir="ltr" MARKS TEXT THAT IS MEANT TO STAY ENGLISH. gospel's plugins use it as the island
@@ -376,13 +393,13 @@ function walkTemplate(node, file, out, ltr = false) {
     : (ltr && typeof ltr === 'object' ? ltr : null)
   if (node.type === 2) {
     const raw = String(node.content || '').trim()
-    if (raw.length && isProse(raw) && !allowedBy(raw)) out.push({ file, kind: 'template-text', text: raw, deliberate: !!inLtr, island })
+    if (raw.length && isProse(raw) && !allowedBy(raw)) out.push({ file, kind: 'template-text', text: raw, deliberate: !!inLtr, island, line: node.loc?.start?.line ?? 0 })
   }
   if (node.type === 1) literalProps(node, file, out)
   if (node.type === 1) for (const p of node.props || []) {
     if (p.type === 6 && VISIBLE_ATTRS.has(p.name)) {
       const v = p.value && p.value.content
-      if (v && isProse(v) && !allowedBy(v)) out.push({ file, kind: `attr:${p.name}`, text: v, deliberate: !!inLtr, island })
+      if (v && isProse(v) && !allowedBy(v)) out.push({ file, kind: `attr:${p.name}`, text: v, deliberate: !!inLtr, island, line: p.loc?.start?.line ?? node.loc?.start?.line ?? 0 })
     }
     // (interpolations are handled below, on the node itself)
     // type 7 = DIRECTIVE. v-bind carries the attribute name in `arg`.
@@ -394,7 +411,7 @@ function walkTemplate(node, file, out, ltr = false) {
       // sentences that happen to contain a colon.
       if (attrName !== 'style' && attrName !== 'class') {
         const before = out.length
-        scanBoundExpr(p.exp.content, file, attrName, out)
+        scanBoundExpr(p.exp.content, file, attrName, out, p.loc?.start?.line ?? node.loc?.start?.line ?? 0)
         for (let i = before; i < out.length; i++) { out[i].deliberate = !!inLtr; out[i].island = island }
       }
     }
@@ -404,7 +421,7 @@ function walkTemplate(node, file, out, ltr = false) {
   // `{{ t('Foo') }}` stays quiet because the expression is parsed with the same translator rules.
   if (node.type === 5 && node.content?.content) {
     const before = out.length
-    scanBoundExpr(node.content.content, file, 'interpolation', out)
+    scanBoundExpr(node.content.content, file, 'interpolation', out, node.loc?.start?.line ?? 0)
     for (let i = before; i < out.length; i++) { out[i].deliberate = !!inLtr; out[i].island = island }
   }
   for (const c of node.children || []) walkTemplate(c, file, out, island || inLtr)
@@ -415,8 +432,16 @@ export function scanSfc(src, file) {
   const { descriptor, errors } = parse(src, { filename: file })
   if (errors && errors.length) throw new Error(`${file}: ${errors[0].message}`)
   if (descriptor.template && descriptor.template.ast) walkTemplate(descriptor.template.ast, file, out)
+  // ★ SCANNED SEPARATELY, NOT JOINED. Concatenating <script> and <script setup> made every line
+  // number in the second block wrong by the length of the first, which is worse than no line at
+  // all — a confident wrong site sends the reader to unrelated code. Each block carries its own
+  // start line, so each is parsed in its own coordinates. crossAreaKeys still reads the joined
+  // text, because it matches key STRINGS and never reports a position.
+  for (const blk of [descriptor.script, descriptor.scriptSetup]) {
+    if (blk?.content) scanScript(blk.content, file, out, blk.loc?.start?.line ?? 0)
+  }
   const code = [descriptor.script?.content, descriptor.scriptSetup?.content].filter(Boolean).join('\n')
-  if (code) { scanScript(code, file, out); out.push(...crossAreaKeys(code, file)) }
+  if (code) out.push(...crossAreaKeys(code, file))
   return out
 }
 
@@ -544,6 +569,24 @@ function selfTest() {
   ok(bad.some((f) => f.kind === 'bind:title' && /Sort this table by/.test(f.text)), 'SEES a TEMPLATE LITERAL inside a bound attribute (sr: every scanner missed this)')
   ok(bad.some((f) => f.kind === 'bind:title' && f.text === 'Reset the view'), "SEES a quoted '…' literal inside a bound attribute (both quote styles)")
   ok(bad.some((f) => f.kind === 'bind:interpolation' && /Everything loaded|Nothing loaded/.test(f.text)), 'SEES a literal inside an INTERPOLATION expression')
+  // ★ EVERY FINDING CARRIES A LINE, AND THE LINE MUST HOLD THE STRING. Asserting only that a line
+  // is PRESENT would pass on a confidently wrong number, which is the failure this exists to stop:
+  // sr sent itself to two comment lines that merely discussed a string while the rendering code sat
+  // elsewhere. So the fixture's own source is the oracle — read the reported line back and require
+  // the text (or, for a split literal, its first fragment) to be on it. An off-by-one from a block
+  // offset, or a fragment's local numbering leaking out of a bound expression, fails here.
+  const badLines = PLANTED_BAD.split('\n')
+  ok(bad.every((f) => typeof f.line === 'number' && f.line > 0), 'every finding carries a LINE')
+  const misplaced = bad.filter((f) => {
+    const src = badLines[f.line - 1] || ''
+    // A suspect's text is SYNTHESISED (`<Tag prop="value">`) and so is not on any line verbatim;
+    // its prop VALUE is the part the source actually holds.
+    const m = /^<\S+ \S+="(.*)">$/.exec(String(f.text))
+    const needle = (m ? m[1] : String(f.text).split(' {…} ')[0]).trim()
+    return needle && !src.includes(needle)
+  })
+  ok(misplaced.length === 0,
+    `every reported line actually CONTAINS its string (${misplaced.length} misplaced${misplaced.length ? ': ' + misplaced.map((f) => `${f.kind}@${f.line} ${JSON.stringify(f.text.slice(0, 28))}`).join('; ') : ''})`)
   const splits = bad.filter((f) => /polys|zones/.test(f.text))
   ok(splits.length === 1, `a split template literal is ONE finding, not one per fragment (got ${splits.length})`)
   ok(splits.length === 1 && /polys.*\{…\}.*zones/.test(splits[0].text), 'and it is reported as the WHOLE string with its holes marked')
@@ -752,7 +795,7 @@ if (composed.length) {
   // reader will have, and the answer is a fact about the composition graph rather than a judgement.
   console.log(`  including ${composed.length} reached only by composition: ${composed.map((n) => `${n} (${stageReason(MANIFEST, n)})`).join('; ')}`)
 }
-for (const f of leaks) console.log(`   ${f.kind.padEnd(16)} ${f.file.replace(/^.*plugin-designs\//, '')}  ${JSON.stringify(f.text).slice(0, 90)}`)
+for (const f of leaks) console.log(`   ${f.kind.padEnd(16)} ${f.file.replace(/^.*plugin-designs\//, '')}:${f.line ?? 0}  ${JSON.stringify(f.text).slice(0, 90)}`)
 if (deliberate.length) {
   // Listed so nobody wonders where they went, but NOT counted: dir="ltr" is the plugin's own marker
   // for content the Driver ruled stays English. Asking someone to "fix" these would be asking them