diff --git a/src/ui/gen2/StartMenu.lua b/src/ui/gen2/StartMenu.lua
index 85cbfa00..8a777d25 100644
--- a/src/ui/gen2/StartMenu.lua
+++ b/src/ui/gen2/StartMenu.lua
@@ -318,6 +318,32 @@ function StartMenu:update(_dt)
 end
 
 -- pokecrystal engine/menus/menu_2.asm:145
+-- The box is two rows tall (y 14/16, step 2), which the cart's own line
+-- break fills exactly. A translation can need a third line, and printWrapped
+-- would drop it without a word, so say so once instead of shipping a prompt
+-- that reads as a sentence cut in half.
+-- The confirmation box at (0, 12, 18, 4) holds exactly two rows, which the
+-- cart's own line break fills.  A translation can need a third, which would be
+-- dropped without a word, so this says so once per prompt.  printWrapped
+-- returns the line count it wrapped to, so the box's own draw is what reports
+-- the overflow: no second wrap, and no way for the two to disagree on the
+-- width later.  It also wraps on pixel width, unlike a `\n`-only splitter,
+-- which would hand Font.draw an embedded break -- rendered as a space -- and
+-- run a long translated row past the box edge.
+local promptWarned = {}
+local function twoRowPrompt(text, what)
+  local lines = Chrome.printWrapped(text, 1, 14, 18, 2, 2)
+  if lines > 2 and not promptWarned[what] then
+    promptWarned[what] = true
+    Logger.warn("%s prompt needs %d lines, the box holds 2: %s",
+      what, lines, tostring(text))
+  end
+end
+
+-- pokecrystal data/text/common_2.asm ContestStatus: the labels and the
+-- "None" placeholder are text, so they go through the catalog like the
+-- prompt below.  The caught mon's own name does not: it is a nickname or a
+-- species the `pokemon` registry already renames.
 function StartMenu:drawContestStatus()
   Chrome.textbox(0, 0, 17, 5)
   Chrome.print("CAUGHT", 1, 1)
@@ -346,22 +372,26 @@ function StartMenu:draw()
   if self.phase == "confirmContest" then
     -- pokecrystal data/text/common_2.asm:1381
     Chrome.textbox(0, 12, 18, 4)
-    Chrome.print("Would you like to", 1, 14)
-    Chrome.print("end the Contest?", 1, 16)
+    -- One catalog key ("Would you like to" alone has no stable translation
+    -- out of context), matching every other confirmation prompt in this
+    -- port (src/ui/StartMenu.lua, src/ui/gen2/SaveMenu.lua). Printed via
+    -- Chrome.printWrapped, same as InitClock.lua's own call: this box only
+    -- has room for two rows (y 14/16, step 2), and printWrapped wraps by
+    -- both the translated \n and pixel width, unlike a hand-rolled
+    -- \n-only splitter.
+    twoRowPrompt(Strings("Would you like to\nend the Contest?"), "contest end")
     -- pokecrystal home/menu.asm:418
     Chrome.box(14, 7, 6, 5)
-    Chrome.print("YES", 16, 8)
-    Chrome.print("NO", 16, 10)
+    Chrome.print(Strings("YES"), 16, 8)
+    Chrome.print(Strings("NO"), 16, 10)
     Chrome.cursor(15, self.confirmChoice == 1 and 8 or 10)
     return
   end
 
   if self.phase == "confirm" then
     Chrome.textbox(0, 12, 18, 4)
-    local prompt = Strings(Strings.source("Return to the\ntitle screen?"))
-    local first, second = prompt:match("^([^\n]*)\n?(.*)$")
-    Chrome.print(first or "", 1, 14)
-    Chrome.print(second or "", 1, 16)
+    twoRowPrompt(Strings(Strings.source("Return to the\ntitle screen?")),
+      "title screen")
     Chrome.box(YESNO_X, YESNO_Y, YESNO_W, YESNO_H)
     Chrome.print(Strings("YES"), YESNO_X + 2, YESNO_Y + 1)
     Chrome.print(Strings("NO"), YESNO_X + 2, YESNO_Y + 3)
diff --git a/tests/engine/gen2_contest_coins_translation_test.lua b/tests/engine/gen2_contest_coins_translation_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82a4ecf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/gen2_contest_coins_translation_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+-- Two Gold/Crystal texts a translation catalog could not reach.
+--
+-- The Bug-Catching Contest confirmation was drawn as two bare literals, one
+-- per row (src/ui/gen2/StartMenu.lua), with no Strings() call at all. The
+-- Game Corner's no-coins refusal (src/script/gen2/Specials.lua) was looked up
+-- at runtime but its literal sat behind a plain local, so the catalog
+-- harvester never saw the key and no generated catalog carried it.
+--
+-- This drives both draw paths with a mod-loaded catalog and checks the
+-- translated text is what reaches the screen, plus the no-mod case proving
+-- the English wording is unchanged.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.harness")
+
+love = require("tests.love_stub")
+
+require("src.core.Logger").warn = function() end
+
+-- Chrome.print/printWrapped go straight to Font.draw, so recording that call
+-- shows exactly what reached the screen -- the technique
+-- tests/engine/gen2_options_menu_translation_test.lua uses. Stubbed before
+-- Chrome loads, so its own `local Font = require(...)` captures this.
+local drawn
+package.loaded["src.render.Font"] = {
+  draw = function(text, x, y) drawn[#drawn + 1] = { text = text, x = x, y = y } end,
+  drawCode = function() end,
+  drawBox = function() end,
+  width = function(text) return 8 * #tostring(text or "") end,
+}
+
+local StartMenu = require("src.ui.gen2.StartMenu")
+local Specials = require("src.script.gen2.Specials")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")
+
+local function drawnText()
+  local out = {}
+  for _, d in ipairs(drawn) do out[#out + 1] = d.text end
+  return table.concat(out, "|")
+end
+
+-- The prompt is drawn from StartMenu:draw()'s confirmContest arm; the list
+-- above it is the part this suite does not care about.
+local function promptText()
+  local menu = StartMenu.new({ save = {} }, { save = {} })
+  menu.phase = "confirmContest"
+  menu.confirmChoice = 1
+  menu.list = { draw = function() end }
+  drawn = {}
+  menu:draw()
+  return drawnText()
+end
+
+-- StartGameCornerGame's first refusal: no coins at all.
+local function coinsRefusal()
+  local shown
+  local vm = {
+    specials = { coins = function() return 0 end },
+    showRaw = function(_, body) shown = body end,
+  }
+  Specials.ALL.SlotMachine(vm)
+  return shown
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------ vanilla: no mod catalog
+Strings.load({})
+do
+  local text = promptText()
+  T.check(text:find("Would you like to", 1, true) ~= nil,
+    "the Contest prompt draws its English first line")
+  T.check(text:find("end the Contest?", 1, true) ~= nil,
+    "and its English second line")
+  T.eq(coinsRefusal(), "You have no coins.",
+    "the Game Corner refusal is unchanged in English")
+
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------- a translation mod's turn
+do
+  Strings.load({
+    strings = {
+      -- the cart's own French wording (GoldSilver/Crystal, data/text)
+      ["Would you like to\nend the Contest?"] = "Voulez-vous arrê-\nter le concours?",
+      ["You have no coins."] = "Vous n'avez pas de\njetons.",
+      ["YES"] = "OUI",
+      ["NO"] = "NON",
+    },
+  })
+
+  local text = promptText()
+  T.check(text:find("Voulez%-vous arr") ~= nil,
+    "a mod catalog reaches the Contest prompt's first line")
+  T.check(text:find("ter le concours?", 1, true) ~= nil,
+    "and its second line, wrapped on the translated line break")
+  T.check(text:find("Would you like to", 1, true) == nil,
+    "with no English left on screen")
+  T.eq(coinsRefusal(), "Vous n'avez pas de\njetons.",
+    "and the Game Corner refusal too")
+
+end
+
+Strings.load({})
+
+T.finish("gen2_contest_coins_translation_test")
diff --git a/tests/gen2_ui_translation_harvest_test.py b/tests/gen2_ui_translation_harvest_test.py
index d76864b5..f77c57d1 100644
--- a/tests/gen2_ui_translation_harvest_test.py
+++ b/tests/gen2_ui_translation_harvest_test.py
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ REQUIRED = {
     # looked up at runtime, so they only reach a catalog while their literals
     # stay visible to the harvester rather than hiding behind a local.
     "You have no coins.", "You don't have a\nCOIN CASE.",
+    # The Bug-Catching Contest confirmation, one key rather than the two
+    # half-sentences it used to be drawn as.
+    "Would you like to\nend the Contest?",
 }