diff --git a/settings.html b/settings.html
index c8e6238c..2328e46e 100644
--- a/settings.html
+++ b/settings.html
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
   <nav class="side">
     <div class="brand">⛓ Theseus</div>
     <a data-sec="general" class="active">General</a>
+    <a data-sec="language">Language</a>
     <a data-sec="search">Search</a>
     <a data-sec="passwords">Passwords</a>
     <a data-sec="performance">Performance</a>
@@ -270,34 +271,7 @@
     <section id="general">
       <h1>General</h1>
       <p class="lede">Changes apply immediately and are saved for next time.</p>
-      <h2 class="sub" style="border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:0">Website language</h2>
-      <div class="row">
-        <div class="txt"><div class="t">Preferred language</div><div class="d" id="webLangHint">Also switchable from the globe icon in the address bar.</div></div>
-        <div class="ctl">
-          <select id="webLangPick"></select>
-          <input id="webLangOther" type="text" placeholder="BCP-47, e.g. cs-CZ" hidden style="width:150px">
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <h2 class="sub">Translate pages</h2>
-      <p class="subd">Translate a page's visible text in place to your preferred language. The <b>Accept-Language</b> row above only asks the server for a translated body — many static sites (including names on BCDN) serve only one language, and translation turns them readable without a reload.</p>
-      <div class="row">
-        <div class="txt"><div class="t">Offer to translate</div><div class="d">Light up a translate chip in the address bar when the page's declared language is different from the one you picked above.</div></div>
-        <label class="sw"><input type="checkbox" id="translateAutoOffer"><span class="track"><span class="knob"></span></span></label>
-      </div>
-      <div class="row" style="flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:8px">
-        <div class="txt"><div class="t">Translation peers</div>
-          <div class="d">Ordered list of LibreTranslate-compatible endpoints. The first one that answers wins; a dead or rate-limited peer is skipped and the next is tried. Keep Silent Mode's own instances at the top; add your own self-hosted LibreTranslate for privacy or unlimited use. On-device Bergamot (WASM) is coming in a later release.</div></div>
-        <div id="translateEndpointList" style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:6px"></div>
-        <div style="display:flex;gap:6px;flex-wrap:wrap">
-          <input id="translatePeerUrl" type="text" placeholder="https://your-libretranslate/translate" style="flex:1;min-width:220px;background:#1b2330;color:var(--ink);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;padding:7px 10px;font-size:13px">
-          <button id="translatePeerAdd" class="btn">Add peer</button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div class="row">
-        <div class="txt"><div class="t">API key (optional)</div><div class="d">Shared across all peers in the list. Some LibreTranslate instances need a key for the paid tier or to raise the rate limit; leave blank for peers that don't.</div></div>
-        <input id="translateApiKey" type="text" placeholder="(none)" style="min-width:200px;background:#1b2330;color:var(--ink);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;padding:7px 10px;font-size:13px">
-      </div>
-      <h2 class="sub">Startup</h2>
+      <h2 class="sub" style="border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:0">Startup</h2>
       <div class="row">
         <div class="txt"><div class="t">Open previous windows and tabs</div><div class="d">Restore the tabs from your last session when Theseus starts.</div></div>
         <label class="sw"><input type="checkbox" id="restoreSession"><span class="track"><span class="knob"></span></span></label>
@@ -380,6 +354,42 @@
             The names and marks are reserved: <a href="https://code.silentmode.st/silentmode/theseus/src/branch/master/TRADEMARKS.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trademarks</a>.</div></div>
       </div>
     </section>
+    <!-- LANGUAGE -->
+    <!-- One language setting for the whole browser: it's what we send to sites
+         as Accept-Language (so a server that has your language serves you in
+         it), and it's the target for the in-page translator (so a server that
+         doesn't is still readable). The translate chip in the address bar
+         lights up when the two don't match. -->
+    <section id="language" hidden>
+      <h1>Language</h1>
+      <p class="lede">Your language. Websites that have it serve you in it; pages that don't can be translated in place.</p>
+      <div class="row" style="border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:0">
+        <div class="txt"><div class="t">Your language</div><div class="d" id="webLangHint">Sent to every site in the <b>Accept-Language</b> header; the translate chip's target. Also switchable from the globe icon in the address bar.</div></div>
+        <div class="ctl">
+          <select id="webLangPick"></select>
+          <input id="webLangOther" type="text" placeholder="BCP-47, e.g. cs-CZ" hidden style="width:150px">
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <h2 class="sub">Page translation</h2>
+      <p class="subd">When the page's declared language is different from yours, Theseus can translate its visible text in place. The source stays untouched — click the chip again to revert.</p>
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="txt"><div class="t">Offer to translate</div><div class="d">Light up a translate chip in the address bar when the page's language differs from yours.</div></div>
+        <label class="sw"><input type="checkbox" id="translateAutoOffer"><span class="track"><span class="knob"></span></span></label>
+      </div>
+      <div class="row" style="flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:8px">
+        <div class="txt"><div class="t">Translation peers</div>
+          <div class="d">Ordered list of LibreTranslate-compatible endpoints. The first one that answers wins; a dead or rate-limited peer is skipped and the next is tried. Keep Silent Mode's own instances at the top; add your own self-hosted LibreTranslate for privacy or unlimited use. On-device Bergamot (WASM) is coming in a later release.</div></div>
+        <div id="translateEndpointList" style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:6px"></div>
+        <div style="display:flex;gap:6px;flex-wrap:wrap">
+          <input id="translatePeerUrl" type="text" placeholder="https://your-libretranslate/translate" style="flex:1;min-width:220px;background:#1b2330;color:var(--ink);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;padding:7px 10px;font-size:13px">
+          <button id="translatePeerAdd" class="btn">Add peer</button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="txt"><div class="t">API key (optional)</div><div class="d">Shared across all peers in the list. Some LibreTranslate instances need a key for the paid tier or to raise the rate limit; leave blank for peers that don't.</div></div>
+        <input id="translateApiKey" type="text" placeholder="(none)" style="min-width:200px;background:#1b2330;color:var(--ink);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;padding:7px 10px;font-size:13px">
+      </div>
+    </section>
     <!-- PLUG-INS -->
     <!-- Compact main page: one row per plug-in with title / status / update
          controls on the left and the on/off toggle on the right. Clicking
@@ -712,18 +722,6 @@
           <input id="timezoneValueOther" type="text" placeholder="IANA zone, e.g. America/Anchorage" hidden>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div class="row">
-        <div class="txt"><div class="t">Language</div><div class="d">Same control as <b>General › Website language</b> and the globe chip in the URL bar.</div></div>
-        <div class="ctl">
-          <select id="languageMode">
-            <option value="show">Automatic (system language)</option>
-            <option value="manual">Manual…</option>
-          </select>
-          <!-- Populated in JS from WEB_LANG_QUICK (same list the General row + globe menu use). -->
-          <select id="languageValue" hidden></select>
-          <input id="languageValueOther" type="text" placeholder="BCP-47 tag, e.g. cs-CZ" hidden>
-        </div>
-      </div>
       <div class="row">
         <div class="txt"><div class="t">Location</div><div class="d"><b>Hide</b> denies geolocation entirely; <b>Manual</b> reports the coordinates of a country you pick, so a page's <code>navigator.geolocation</code> answers with a plausible position instead of your real one.</div></div>
         <!-- Column layout so the country dropdown always lands on its own line
@@ -1481,52 +1479,12 @@
     // "Manual" mode reveals both the select AND the Other input (if Other was picked).
     const applyTzVis = (manual) => { tzV.hidden = !manual; tzOther.hidden = !manual || tzV.value !== "__other__"; };
     bind("timezoneMode", null, applyTzVis);
-    // Language — same languageMode/languageValue setting that General ›
-    // Website language and the globe chip edit. Simplified to two modes:
-    // Automatic (follow OS) and Manual (pick a language). Legacy "hide" and
-    // "spoof" values migrate to Automatic on first open so the dropdown
-    // always has a valid pick. The shared WEB_LANG_LIST populates the
-    // language select so the picker here matches the General row's.
-    const lngMode = document.getElementById("languageMode");
-    const lgV = document.getElementById("languageValue");
-    const lgOther = document.getElementById("languageValueOther");
-    lgV.innerHTML = WEB_LANG_LIST.map((L) => `<option value="${L.tag}">${L.label}</option>`).join("")
-      + `<option value="__other__">Other…</option>`;
-    // Migrate legacy modes to the new two-option set on load.
-    let initMode = s.languageMode || "show";
-    if (initMode === "hide" || initMode === "spoof") {
-      C.set("languageMode", "show");
-      initMode = "show";
-    }
-    const savedTag = s.languageValue || "en-GB";
-    const known = new Set(WEB_LANG_LIST.map((L) => L.tag));
-    if (known.has(savedTag)) { lgV.value = savedTag; lgOther.hidden = true; }
-    else { lgV.value = "__other__"; lgOther.value = savedTag; }
-    const applyLng = () => {
-      lgV.hidden = lngMode.value !== "manual";
-      lgOther.hidden = lngMode.value !== "manual" || lgV.value !== "__other__";
-    };
-    lngMode.value = initMode;
-    applyLng();
-    lngMode.addEventListener("change", () => { C.set("languageMode", lngMode.value); applyLng(); });
-    lgV.addEventListener("change", () => {
-      if (lgV.value === "__other__") { applyLng(); setTimeout(() => lgOther.focus(), 0); return; }
-      C.set("languageValue", lgV.value);
-      applyLng();
-    });
-    lgOther.addEventListener("change", () => {
-      const v = String(lgOther.value).trim();
-      if (v) C.set("languageValue", v);
-    });
-    // React when the globe chip or the General row writes to the same setting.
-    if (C.onSettingsUpdate) C.onSettingsUpdate((next) => {
-      const m = (next.languageMode === "hide" || next.languageMode === "spoof") ? "show" : (next.languageMode || "show");
-      lngMode.value = m;
-      const t = next.languageValue || "en-GB";
-      if (known.has(t)) { lgV.value = t; lgOther.hidden = true; }
-      else { lgV.value = "__other__"; lgOther.value = t; }
-      applyLng();
-    });
+    // Language row moved out of Privacy › Anti-fingerprinting: the setting
+    // (languageMode / languageValue) still drives anti-fingerprinting, but
+    // the only control for it lives under Settings › Language now. Legacy
+    // "hide" and "spoof" values migrate to "show" (Automatic) on load so
+    // the new picker always has a valid state.
+    if (s.languageMode === "hide" || s.languageMode === "spoof") C.set("languageMode", "show");
     // Location: three modes — Show real / Hide / Manual (pick a country).
     // Manual writes the country's representative lat/lon into locationLat +
     // locationLon, which is what navigator.geolocation returns to pages via