diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index bec51948..104b3406 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import globals from "globals"
 import pluginJs from "@eslint/js"
 import pluginReact from "eslint-plugin-react"
 import storybook from "eslint-plugin-storybook"
+import translationSafeText from "./eslint/rules/translationSafeText.js"
 
 export default [
   { files: ["**/*.{js,mjs,cjs,jsx}"] },
@@ -26,6 +27,12 @@ export default [
       "react/display-name": "off",
     },
   },
+  {
+    files: ["src/**/*.{js,jsx}"],
+    ignores: ["**/*.test.js", "**/*.stories.js"],
+    plugins: { local: { rules: { "translation-safe-text": translationSafeText } } },
+    rules: { "local/translation-safe-text": "error" },
+  },
   {
     ignores: [
       ".*.js",
diff --git a/eslint/rules/translationSafeText.js b/eslint/rules/translationSafeText.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..746b3300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint/rules/translationSafeText.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+const isDroppedWhitespace = node =>
+  node.type === "JSXText" && /^\s*$/.test(node.value) && node.value.includes("\n")
+
+const isMeaningfulText = node => node.type === "JSXText" && !isDroppedWhitespace(node)
+
+const yields = node => {
+  switch (node.type) {
+    case "Literal":
+      if (typeof node.value === "string") return new Set([node.value === "" ? "empty" : "text"])
+      if (typeof node.value === "number") return new Set(["text"])
+      if (node.value === null || typeof node.value === "boolean") return new Set(["empty"])
+      return new Set(["unknown"])
+    case "TemplateLiteral":
+      return new Set(["text"])
+    case "Identifier":
+      return new Set([node.name === "undefined" ? "empty" : "unknown"])
+    case "JSXElement":
+      return new Set(["element"])
+    case "JSXFragment":
+      return new Set([node.children.some(isMeaningfulText) ? "text" : "element"])
+    case "LogicalExpression":
+      if (node.operator === "&&") return new Set([...yields(node.right), "empty"])
+      return new Set([...yields(node.left), ...yields(node.right)])
+    case "ConditionalExpression":
+      return new Set([...yields(node.consequent), ...yields(node.alternate)])
+    default:
+      return new Set(["unknown"])
+  }
+}
+
+const describeChild = child => {
+  if (child.type === "JSXText") return { conditional: false, yields: new Set(["text"]), certainText: true }
+  if (child.type === "JSXExpressionContainer") {
+    if (child.expression.type === "JSXEmptyExpression") return null
+    const childYields = yields(child.expression)
+    return {
+      conditional:
+        child.expression.type === "LogicalExpression" ||
+        child.expression.type === "ConditionalExpression",
+      yields: childYields,
+      certainText: childYields.has("text") && !childYields.has("unknown"),
+    }
+  }
+  return { conditional: false, yields: new Set(["element"]), certainText: false }
+}
+
+const checkChildren = (context, node) => {
+  const children = node.children
+    .filter(child => !isDroppedWhitespace(child))
+    .map(child => ({ child, info: describeChild(child) }))
+    .filter(({ info }) => info)
+
+  if (children.length < 2) return
+
+  children.forEach(({ child, info }, index) => {
+    if (!info.conditional) return
+    const toggles =
+      info.yields.has("empty") ||
+      (info.yields.has("element") && (info.yields.has("text") || info.yields.has("unknown")))
+    if (!toggles) return
+
+    const next = children[index + 1]
+    const removesText = info.yields.has("text")
+    const insertsBeforeText = !!next && next.info.certainText
+    if (removesText || insertsBeforeText) context.report({ node: child, messageId: "unsafe" })
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    type: "problem",
+    docs: {
+      description:
+        "Disallow conditional text next to other children; it crashes React when the page is translated",
+    },
+    messages: {
+      unsafe:
+        "Conditional text next to other children crashes when the page is translated. Merge the pieces into one string, or wrap every text piece in its own element.",
+    },
+    schema: [],
+  },
+  create: context => ({
+    JSXElement: node => checkChildren(context, node),
+    JSXFragment: node => checkChildren(context, node),
+  }),
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50eb0759..59f69afb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@netdata/netdata-ui",
-  "version": "5.5.12",
+  "version": "5.5.13",
   "description": "netdata UI kit",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/es6/index.js",