diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 9aae7c7..9c0c668 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@
                     <div class="vod-grid" id="vodGrid">
                         <div class="empty-state">
                             <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="M21 3H3c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v14c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h18c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V5c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2zm-9 14l-5-4 5-4v8zm2-8l5 4-5 4V9z"/></svg>
-                            <h3>Keine VODs</h3>
-                            <p>Wahle einen Streamer aus der Liste oder fuge einen neuen hinzu.</p>
+                            <h3 id="vodGridEmptyTitle">Keine VODs</h3>
+                            <p id="vodGridEmptyText">Wahle einen Streamer aus der Liste oder fuge einen neuen hinzu.</p>
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
                         <div class="file-list" id="mergeFileList">
                             <div class="empty-state" style="padding: 40px 20px;">
                                 <svg width="48" height="48" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="opacity:0.3"><path d="M19 13h-6v6h-2v-6H5v-2h6V5h2v6h6v2z"/></svg>
-                                <p style="margin-top:10px">Keine Videos ausgewahlt</p>
+                                <p id="mergeEmptyText" style="margin-top:10px">Keine Videos ausgewahlt</p>
                             </div>
                         </div>
 
diff --git a/src/renderer-texts.ts b/src/renderer-texts.ts
index c7f42d5..0fabbf1 100644
--- a/src/renderer-texts.ts
+++ b/src/renderer-texts.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ function applyLanguageToStaticUI(): void {
     setText('btnAutoVodScanNow', UI_TEXT.static.autoVodScanNow);
     setText('btnAutoRecordScanNow', UI_TEXT.static.autoRecordScanNow);
 
+    // Empty-state copy for the VODs grid (when no streamer is selected
+    // yet) and the Merge file list (no files added yet). Both were
+    // hardcoded German in the HTML — English users saw German strings.
+    setText('vodGridEmptyTitle', UI_TEXT.vods.noneTitle);
+    setText('vodGridEmptyText', UI_TEXT.vods.noneText);
+    setText('mergeEmptyText', UI_TEXT.merge.empty);
+
     // Localize the modal close-button aria-label. The buttons share a
     // .modal-close-localizable class so one call updates all five.
     setAriaLabelAll('.modal-close-localizable', UI_TEXT.streamers.modalCloseAria);