diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue
index e4e537ea2..fa1bd8bb4 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ const hasPop        = ref(false)
 const famLangGroups = ref({})   // famKey → { count, pop, langs: LangGroup[] }
 
 const LANG_TABS = [
-  { id: 'family',   label: 'Lang Family',
+  { id: 'family',   label: tStatic('tabs.family'),
     info: 'PPLR\'s ethnolinguistic family classification (per assets/data/pplr-geoid-family.json). Note: PPLR groups Arabic under "Arab (Arabic)" rather than the broader linguistic family "Afro-Asiatic", and splits other Afro-Asiatic peoples into "Hausa-Chadic", "Cushitic", "Sudanic", etc.' },
-  { id: 'language', label: 'Language',
+  { id: 'language', label: tStatic('tabs.language'),
     info: 'A distinct language (e.g. Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi). Identified by 3-character ROL code (ISO 639-3).' },
-  { id: 'variant',  label: 'Variant / Dialect',
+  { id: 'variant',  label: tStatic('tabs.dialect'),
     info: 'A regional or social variety of a language (e.g. "Punjabi, Western", "Arabic, Egyptian"). Comma-separated names group as variants under a root language.' },
 ]
 
diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue
index 863900033..c8a2c8a66 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ const BASEMAPS = [
 // is handled by a separate floating panel (too many nodes for the inline tree).
 // Short tab labels keep all 4 chips on a single row. The "i" tooltip carries the full meaning.
 const ROP_TABS = [
-  { id: 'affinity', label: 'Bloc',
+  { id: 'affinity', label: tStatic('tabs.bloc'),
     info: 'Affinity Bloc — top-level grouping of related people groups (e.g. Arab Peoples). 17 blocs total.' },
-  { id: 'cluster',  label: 'Cluster',
+  { id: 'cluster',  label: tStatic('tabs.cluster'),
     info: 'People Cluster — subdivision within an Affinity Bloc (e.g. Maghrebi Arab inside Arab Peoples). 292 clusters.' },
   { id: 'rop25',    label: 'ROP25',
     info: 'People Group level — a distinct ethnolinguistic identity (e.g. Algerian Arab). ~13k groups.' },
-  { id: 'rop3xc',   label: 'PGIC',
+  { id: 'rop3xc',   label: tStatic('tabs.pgic'),
     topLimit: 200,
     info: 'ROP3 × Country (PGIC) — same ethnolinguistic group in a specific country (e.g. Algerian Arab in France). 21k records. Showing top 200 by population — use the geocoder to find the rest.' },
 ]