diff --git a/plugin-designs/posterverse/scripts/check-posterverse-shelf.mjs b/plugin-designs/posterverse/scripts/check-posterverse-shelf.mjs
index de21094f8..957f89670 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/posterverse/scripts/check-posterverse-shelf.mjs
+++ b/plugin-designs/posterverse/scripts/check-posterverse-shelf.mjs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  *   D. posterverse.meta.json `composes` == the bundle/profile of every row whose bundle exists in
  *      plugin-designs/ (two-sided: nothing declared that the rail cannot show, nothing shown undeclared).
  *   E. strings: every locale carries every English key, and every key the shell reads exists in English.
+ *   F. a rail label named in LABEL_FOLLOWS equals that plugin's own catalogue title, in every locale.
  *
  * Headless, no browser. Exit 0 pass · 1 fail · 75 not measured (no built manifest).
  */
@@ -40,10 +41,14 @@ const GATED = 'key-cities'
 // Rows whose plugin is a natural-height page: mounted unpinned so the pane scrolls them. Named, because a
 // pinned scroll page traps its own content and nothing else would notice.
 const EXPECT_SCROLL = ['bless-india-posters']
+// Rail labels that must EQUAL the plugin's own title (vocabulary follows the plugin), per locale:
+// row id -> [catalogue area file under library/i18n/locales/<locale>/, key inside it]. Copied, not read at
+// runtime: naming the area from the shell would ship the plugin's whole catalogue inside posterverse.js.
+const LABEL_FOLLOWS = { 'bless-india-posters': ['blessIndiaPosters.json', 'title'] }
 
 const sameList = (a, b) => a.length === b.length && a.every((x, i) => x === b[i])
 
-export function checkShelf({ SECTIONS, TABS, NEVER, resolveTabs, manifest, meta, bundleExists, STRINGS }) {
+export function checkShelf({ SECTIONS, TABS, NEVER, resolveTabs, manifest, meta, bundleExists, STRINGS, pluginTitles = {} }) {
   const errs = []
   const notes = []
   // A. exact membership, per section, in order
@@ -104,6 +109,14 @@ export function checkShelf({ SECTIONS, TABS, NEVER, resolveTabs, manifest, meta,
     const v = STRINGS[l][k]
     if (typeof v !== 'string' || !v.trim()) errs.push(`E: ${l} is missing "${k}"`)
   }
+  // F. labels that follow a plugin's own title, per locale
+  for (const [id, byLocale] of Object.entries(pluginTitles)) {
+    for (const [l, want] of Object.entries(byLocale)) {
+      const got = (STRINGS[l] || {})['tab.' + id]
+      if (want === undefined) errs.push(`F: ${l}: the plugin's own title for ${id} is missing from its catalogue`)
+      else if (got !== want) errs.push(`F: ${l}: tab.${id} is ${JSON.stringify(got)}, the plugin's own title is ${JSON.stringify(want)}`)
+    }
+  }
   return { errs, notes, counts: { rows: TABS.length, resolved: resolved.length, composes: composes.length, locales: locales.length, keys: Object.keys(en).length } }
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +128,17 @@ async function load() {
   const mf = join(ROOT, 'public', TREE_NAME, 'manifest.json')
   const manifest = existsSync(mf) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(mf, 'utf8')) : null
   const bundleExists = (b, p) => existsSync(join(ROOT, 'plugin-designs', b, `${p}.vue`))
-  return { ...tabs, STRINGS, meta, manifest, bundleExists }
+  const pluginTitles = {}
+  for (const [id, [file, key]] of Object.entries(LABEL_FOLLOWS)) {
+    pluginTitles[id] = {}
+    for (const l of Object.keys(STRINGS)) {
+      const f = join(ROOT, 'library/i18n/locales', l, file)
+      let v
+      try { const j = JSON.parse(readFileSync(f, 'utf8')); v = key.split('.').reduce((o, k) => (o == null ? o : o[k]), j) } catch { v = undefined }
+      pluginTitles[id][l] = v
+    }
+  }
+  return { ...tabs, STRINGS, meta, manifest, bundleExists, pluginTitles }
 }
 
 function selfTest(base) {
@@ -130,6 +153,7 @@ function selfTest(base) {
     ['C: a composite row falls back to a leaf', (c) => { c.manifest = clone(c.manifest); const b = c.manifest.bundles.find((x) => x.bundle === 'my-upg-100-list'); b.profiles = b.profiles.filter((p) => p.profile !== 'upg-100-mfe') }, /^C: row upg-100 opens/],
     ['D: composes drift', (c) => { c.meta = { ...c.meta, composes: c.meta.composes.slice(1) } }, /^D: the rail shows/],
     ['D: composes a ref the rail cannot show', (c) => { c.meta = { ...c.meta, composes: [...c.meta.composes, 'key-cities/key-cities'] } }, /^D: meta composes/],
+    ['F: a rail label drifts from the plugin title', (c) => { c.STRINGS = clone(c.STRINGS); c.STRINGS.ar['tab.bless-india-posters'] = 'باركوا الهند: ملصقات' }, /^F: ar: tab\.bless-india-posters is/],
     ['E: a locale loses a key', (c) => { c.STRINGS = clone(c.STRINGS); delete c.STRINGS.ar['tab.upg-100'] }, /^E: ar is missing "tab.upg-100"/],
     ['E: a row without an English label', (c) => { c.STRINGS = clone(c.STRINGS); delete c.STRINGS.en['tab.bible-posters'] }, /^E: the shell reads "tab.bible-posters"/],
   ]
diff --git a/plugin-designs/posterverse/src/strings.js b/plugin-designs/posterverse/src/strings.js
index 1456e526a..c2c31c12c 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/posterverse/src/strings.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/posterverse/src/strings.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'Diseño de carteles', 'sub.poster-design': 'todos los estilos y tamaños de cartel',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'Muro de los pueblos',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'Carteles bíblicos',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Bendigan a la India: carteles',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Pósteres «Bendice a la India»',
     experimentalSub: 'mapa experimental', lab: 'beta',
     loading: 'Cargando {label}…', loadFailed: 'No se pudo cargar {label}.',
     manifestHint: 'Esta pestaña se compone a partir de manifest.json: compila el árbol o sirve el árbol compilado para cargarla.',
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'Conception d’affiches', 'sub.poster-design': 'tous les styles et formats d’affiche',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'Mur des peuples',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'Affiches bibliques',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Bénissez l’Inde : affiches',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Affiches « Bénis l’Inde »',
     experimentalSub: 'carte expérimentale', lab: 'bêta',
     loading: 'Chargement de {label}…', loadFailed: 'Impossible de charger {label}.',
     manifestHint: "Cet onglet est composé à partir de manifest.json : construisez l'arborescence ou servez l'arborescence construite pour le charger.",
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'Postergestaltung', 'sub.poster-design': 'alle Posterstile und -größen',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'Wand der Volksgruppen',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'Bibelposter',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Segnet Indien: Poster',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': '„Segne Indien“-Poster',
     experimentalSub: 'experimentelle Karte', lab: 'Beta',
     loading: '{label} wird geladen…', loadFailed: '{label} konnte nicht geladen werden.',
     manifestHint: 'Dieser Tab wird aus manifest.json zusammengesetzt – bauen Sie den Baum oder stellen Sie den gebauten Baum bereit, um ihn zu laden.',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'Design de cartazes', 'sub.poster-design': 'todos os estilos e tamanhos de cartaz',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'Mural dos povos',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'Cartazes bíblicos',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Abençoem a Índia: cartazes',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Pôsteres «Abençoe a Índia»',
     experimentalSub: 'mapa experimental', lab: 'beta',
     loading: 'Carregando {label}…', loadFailed: 'Não foi possível carregar {label}.',
     manifestHint: 'Esta aba é composta a partir do manifest.json — compile a árvore ou sirva a árvore compilada para carregá-la.',
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'Design dei poster', 'sub.poster-design': 'tutti gli stili e i formati dei poster',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'Muro dei popoli',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'Poster biblici',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Benedite l’India: poster',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Poster «Benedici l’India»',
     experimentalSub: 'mappa sperimentale', lab: 'beta',
     loading: 'Caricamento di {label}…', loadFailed: 'Impossibile caricare {label}.',
     manifestHint: "Questa scheda è composta da manifest.json: compila l'albero o pubblica l'albero compilato per caricarla.",
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'Design de afișe', 'sub.poster-design': 'toate stilurile și dimensiunile de afiș',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'Zidul popoarelor',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'Afișe biblice',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Binecuvântați India: afișe',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Postere „Binecuvântează India”',
     experimentalSub: 'hartă experimentală', lab: 'beta',
     loading: 'Se încarcă {label}…', loadFailed: '{label} nu a putut fi încărcat.',
     manifestHint: 'Această filă este compusă din manifest.json — construiți arborele sau serviți arborele construit pentru a o încărca.',
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'Дизайн плакатов', 'sub.poster-design': 'все стили и размеры плакатов',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'Стена народов',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'Библейские плакаты',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Благословляйте Индию: плакаты',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'Плакаты «Благослови Индию»',
     experimentalSub: 'экспериментальная карта', lab: 'бета',
     loading: 'Загрузка: {label}…', loadFailed: 'Не удалось загрузить: {label}.',
     manifestHint: 'Эта вкладка собирается из manifest.json — соберите дерево или разместите собранное дерево, чтобы загрузить её.',
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'تصميم الملصقات', 'sub.poster-design': 'كل أنماط الملصقات وأحجامها',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'جدار الشعوب',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'ملصقات الكتاب المقدس',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'باركوا الهند: ملصقات',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'ملصقات باركوا الهند',
     experimentalSub: 'خريطة تجريبية', lab: 'تجريبي',
     loading: 'جارٍ تحميل {label}…', loadFailed: 'تعذّر تحميل {label}.',
     manifestHint: 'تُبنى علامة التبويب هذه من manifest.json — ابنِ الشجرة أو قدّم الشجرة المبنية لتحميلها.',
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': 'पोस्टर डिज़ाइन', 'sub.poster-design': 'हर पोस्टर शैली और आकार',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': 'जनसमूहों की दीवार',
     'tab.bible-posters': 'बाइबल पोस्टर',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'भारत को आशीष दो: पोस्टर',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': 'भारत को आशीष दें — पोस्टर',
     experimentalSub: 'प्रायोगिक मानचित्र', lab: 'बीटा',
     loading: '{label} लोड हो रहा है…', loadFailed: '{label} लोड नहीं हो सका।',
     manifestHint: 'यह टैब manifest.json से बनता है — इसे लोड करने के लिए ट्री बनाएँ या बना हुआ ट्री सर्व करें।',
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export const STRINGS = {
     'tab.poster-design': '海报设计', 'sub.poster-design': '所有海报样式与尺寸',
     'tab.wall-of-people-groups': '民族之墙',
     'tab.bible-posters': '圣经海报',
-    'tab.bless-india-posters': '祝福印度：海报',
+    'tab.bless-india-posters': '祝福印度海报',
     experimentalSub: '实验性地图', lab: '测试版',
     loading: '正在加载{label}…', loadFailed: '无法加载{label}。',
     manifestHint: '此标签页由 manifest.json 组成——请构建目录树或提供已构建的目录树以加载它。',