diff --git a/frontend/AGENTS.md b/frontend/AGENTS.md
index 0e33a32f30..681528b4f3 100644
--- a/frontend/AGENTS.md
+++ b/frontend/AGENTS.md
@@ -329,6 +329,31 @@ CSS modules pattern):
 - [ ] Selectors are flat (no deep nesting).
 
 
+### Translations (`tr`) and Memoization
+
+`(tr "some.key")` resolves the translation string from the **currently active
+locale at call time**. This has two consequences:
+
+- **Never call `(tr ...)` at namespace level** (inside a `def` or `defonce`).
+  Doing so would freeze the label to the locale active at module load time and
+  break runtime language switching.
+- **Always call `(tr ...)` at render time** — either directly in the component
+  body or inside a `mf/with-memo` / `mf/use-memo` block.
+
+When a component renders a **static list of options** whose labels come from
+`(tr ...)` (e.g. radio button options, select options), wrap the vector in
+`mf/with-memo []` with no dependencies. This ensures the vector and its
+`(tr ...)` calls are evaluated once per component mount instead of on every
+render, while still respecting the render-time requirement:
+
+```clojure
+(let [options (mf/with-memo []
+                [{:value "top"    :label (tr "some.key.top")}
+                 {:value "center" :label (tr "some.key.center")}
+                 {:value "bottom" :label (tr "some.key.bottom")}])]
+  ...)
+```
+
 ### Performance Macros (`app.common.data.macros`)
 
 Always prefer these macros over their `clojure.core` equivalents — they compile to faster JavaScript:
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/text.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/text.cljs
index 499f065a1d..d13594b525 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/text.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/text.cljs
@@ -102,6 +102,21 @@
 (mf/defc vertical-align*
   [{:keys [values on-change on-blur]}]
   (let [vertical-align (or (:vertical-align values) "top")
+        options
+        (mf/with-memo []
+          [{:value "top"
+            :id    "vertical-text-align-top"
+            :label (tr "workspace.options.text-options.align-top")
+            :icon  i/text-top}
+           {:value "center"
+            :id    "vertical-text-align-center"
+            :label (tr "workspace.options.text-options.align-middle")
+            :icon  i/text-middle}
+           {:value "bottom"
+            :id    "vertical-text-align-bottom"
+            :label (tr "workspace.options.text-options.align-bottom")
+            :icon  i/text-bottom}])
+
         handle-change
         (mf/use-fn
          (mf/deps on-change on-blur)
@@ -113,18 +128,7 @@
      [:> radio-buttons* {:selected  vertical-align
                          :on-change handle-change
                          :name      "vertical-align-text-options"
-                         :options   [{:value "top"
-                                      :id    "vertical-text-align-top"
-                                      :label (tr "workspace.options.text-options.align-top")
-                                      :icon  i/text-top}
-                                     {:value "center"
-                                      :id    "vertical-text-align-center"
-                                      :label (tr "workspace.options.text-options.align-middle")
-                                      :icon  i/text-middle}
-                                     {:value "bottom"
-                                      :id    "vertical-text-align-bottom"
-                                      :label (tr "workspace.options.text-options.align-bottom")
-                                      :icon  i/text-bottom}]}]]))
+                         :options   options}]]))
 
 (mf/defc grow-options*
   [{:keys [ids values on-blur]}]