diff --git a/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_chunked_raw.go b/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_chunked_raw.go
index 3d5f56284ea0..574486bcab13 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_chunked_raw.go
+++ b/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_chunked_raw.go
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ func translateDocBlockGroup(ctx context.Context, translator docsTranslator, chun
 		translated = normalizeMaskedListMarkerSpacing(source, translated, listPlaceholders)
 		translated = escapeUnexpectedListItemBodyMarkers(source, translated, listPlaceholders)
 		translated = escapeUnexpectedMarkdownListMarkers(translated, listPlaceholders)
+		translated = unwrapUnexpectedInlineCodeSpans(source, translated)
 		if validationErr := validateDocChunkTranslation(source, translated); validationErr == nil {
 			log.Printf("docs-i18n: chunk done %s out_bytes=%d", chunkID, len(translated))
 			return translated, nil
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ func translateDocLeafBlock(ctx context.Context, translator docsTranslator, chunk
 	translated = normalizeMaskedListMarkerSpacing(source, translated, listPlaceholders)
 	translated = escapeUnexpectedListItemBodyMarkers(source, translated, listPlaceholders)
 	translated = escapeUnexpectedMarkdownListMarkers(translated, listPlaceholders)
+	translated = unwrapUnexpectedInlineCodeSpans(source, translated)
 	if validationErr := validateDocChunkTranslation(source, translated); validationErr != nil {
 		return "", validationErr
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go b/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go
index 72fe808a2d53..355135d1e966 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go
+++ b/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go
@@ -891,6 +891,30 @@ func TestValidateDocChunkTranslationAcceptsReorderedInlineCode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUnwrapUnexpectedInlineCodeSpans(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	source := "Use labels in ordinary prose.\n"
+	translated := "Verwende `Bezeichnungen` in `normalem Text`.\n"
+	want := "Verwende Bezeichnungen in normalem Text.\n"
+	if got := unwrapUnexpectedInlineCodeSpans(source, translated); got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected inline-code repair:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", got, want)
+	}
+	if err := validateDocChunkTranslation(source, want); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected repaired translation to validate: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapUnexpectedInlineCodeSpansPreservesSourceCodeContract(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	source := "Use `--source`.\n"
+	translated := "Verwende `--target`.\n"
+	if got := unwrapUnexpectedInlineCodeSpans(source, translated); got != translated {
+		t.Fatalf("expected source inline-code contract to remain untouched: %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMaskMarkdownDocSyntaxPreservesCanonicalNestedBackticks(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/scripts/docs-i18n/markdown_segments.go b/scripts/docs-i18n/markdown_segments.go
index f5eea18b6c3a..3348ba8b6e2f 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-i18n/markdown_segments.go
+++ b/scripts/docs-i18n/markdown_segments.go
@@ -203,6 +203,29 @@ func extractMarkdownInlineCodeValues(body string) []string {
 	return values
 }
 
+func unwrapUnexpectedInlineCodeSpans(source, translated string) string {
+	if len(extractMarkdownInlineCodeValues(source)) != 0 || len(extractMarkdownInlineCodeValues(translated)) == 0 {
+		return translated
+	}
+	fenced := append(markdownFencedCodeRanges(translated), markdownClosedLiteralFenceByteRanges(translated)...)
+	ranges := markdownBlockBacktickRanges(translated)
+	for index := len(ranges) - 1; index >= 0; index-- {
+		span := ranges[index]
+		if rangeOverlapsAny(span, fenced) {
+			continue
+		}
+		runLength := 0
+		for span[0]+runLength < span[1] && translated[span[0]+runLength] == '`' {
+			runLength++
+		}
+		if runLength == 0 || span[1]-runLength < span[0]+runLength {
+			continue
+		}
+		translated = translated[:span[0]] + translated[span[0]+runLength:span[1]-runLength] + translated[span[1]:]
+	}
+	return translated
+}
+
 func extractMarkdownFencedLiteralValues(body string) ([]string, []string, []string) {
 	placeholders := []string{}
 	directiveTokens := []string{}