diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt
index 1fc7645..a1a9a18 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ internal fun ColumnReader.toEventInstance(): EventInstance? {
         return null
     }
 
-    val rawTitle = getString(InstanceProjection.IDX_TITLE)
-    val title = if (rawTitle.isNullOrEmpty()) Fallbacks.UNTITLED_EVENT else rawTitle
+    // Left blank when the event has no title: the placeholder is a display
+    // string, so it belongs to the UI layer where it can be localised (#321).
+    val title = getString(InstanceProjection.IDX_TITLE).orEmpty()
 
     val color = if (isNull(InstanceProjection.IDX_EVENT_COLOR)) {
         getInt(InstanceProjection.IDX_CALENDAR_COLOR)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt
index b535aee..c107d8f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt
@@ -315,5 +315,4 @@ internal object ReminderProjection {
 
 internal object Fallbacks {
     const val UNNAMED_CALENDAR = "(Unbenannter Kalender)"
-    const val UNTITLED_EVENT = "(Ohne Titel)"
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt
index 23ee661..441f8c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ internal fun ColumnReader.toSearchResult(): EventInstance? {
         else -> dtStart + parseRfc2445DurationMillis(getString(SearchProjection.IDX_DURATION))
     }.coerceAtLeast(dtStart)
 
-    val rawTitle = getString(SearchProjection.IDX_TITLE)
-    val title = if (rawTitle.isNullOrEmpty()) Fallbacks.UNTITLED_EVENT else rawTitle
+    val title = getString(SearchProjection.IDX_TITLE).orEmpty()
     val color = if (isNull(SearchProjection.IDX_EVENT_COLOR)) {
         getInt(SearchProjection.IDX_CALENDAR_COLOR)
     } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
index e3333c8..2dde1ab 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ private fun SearchResultRow(
     onLongClick: (() -> Unit)? = null,
 ) {
     val event = hit.event
+    // Spans are empty for a blank title — the query never matches the
+    // placeholder — so marking the substitute is safe.
+    val title = event.title.ifBlank { stringResource(R.string.event_untitled) }
     val dark = isSystemInDarkTheme()
     val soften = LocalSoftenColors.current
     // On a picked row the headline is already recoloured for the secondary
@@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ private fun SearchResultRow(
         // Faded like a past event anywhere else in the app — search reaches back
         // through the whole history.
         modifier = if (hit.isPast) modifier.alpha(EventDimAlpha) else modifier,
-        title = declinedTitle(marked(event.title, hit.titleSpans, highlight), event.isDeclined),
+        title = declinedTitle(marked(title, hit.titleSpans, highlight), event.isDeclined),
         summary = searchSummary(hit, highlight),
         position = position,
         minHeight = 64.dp,
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt
index e52f384..2c58954 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ class InstanceMapperTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `null title falls back to placeholder`() {
+    fun `null title is left blank for the UI to fill in`() {
         val inst = reader(title = null).toEventInstance()
-        assertThat(inst!!.title).isEqualTo(Fallbacks.UNTITLED_EVENT)
+        assertThat(inst!!.title).isEmpty()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `empty title falls back to placeholder`() {
+    fun `empty title is left blank for the UI to fill in`() {
         val inst = reader(title = "").toEventInstance()
-        assertThat(inst!!.title).isEqualTo(Fallbacks.UNTITLED_EVENT)
+        assertThat(inst!!.title).isEmpty()
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventSearchTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventSearchTest.kt
index 710bab7..0ebae1f 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventSearchTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventSearchTest.kt
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ class EventSearchTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `an untitled event's placeholder is not something the query can match`() {
-        val untitled = candidate("(Ohne Titel)", description = "Titel folgt noch").copy(title = null)
+    fun `an untitled event's blank title is not something the query can match`() {
+        val untitled = candidate("", description = "Titel folgt noch").copy(title = null)
 
         val results = search(untitled, query = "titel")