diff --git a/public/css/assistant.css b/public/css/assistant.css
index c05d516..2888132 100644
--- a/public/css/assistant.css
+++ b/public/css/assistant.css
@@ -355,3 +355,12 @@ body.assistant-workspace .assistant-learning-view { min-height: 0; height: 100vh
 .assistant-history .card { border:none; box-shadow:none; background:none; padding:0; }
 .assistant-history .card-header { padding:2px 4px; }
 .assistant-history .card-header h3 { font-size:11px; font-weight:700; color:var(--g500); text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.04em; }
+/* Mobile drawer rows: no icons, hard-truncated titles, ⋮ always visible */
+@media (max-width: 640px) {
+  .assistant-saved-chat-icon { display:none; }
+  .assistant-saved-chat { position:relative; overflow:hidden; max-width:100%; padding-right:36px; }
+  .assistant-saved-chat-title { flex:1 1 auto; min-width:0; max-width:100%; white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; }
+  .assistant-saved-chat-menu { position:absolute; right:6px; top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%); opacity:1; pointer-events:auto; }
+  .assistant-saved-chat-meta { display:none; }
+  .assistant-goback-rail i, .assistant-create-image i, .assistant-new-chat i { display:none; }
+}
diff --git a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
index 991e05b..ef4736b 100644
--- a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
+++ b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
@@ -1617,20 +1617,15 @@ import {
     document.querySelectorAll('[data-assistant-translate-pop]').forEach(function(pop) { pop.remove(); });
   }
 
-  function simplifyHtmlForTranslation(html) {
-    if (typeof DOMParser === 'undefined') {
-      // Older harnesses/browsers: send the raw markdown as text instead.
-      return String(html || '').replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '');
-    }
-    var doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(String(html || ''), 'text/html');
-    doc.body.querySelectorAll('.katex, .assistant-cite, .assistant-code-copy, .assistant-table-actions, .assistant-msg-actions, mjx-container, script, style').forEach(function(el) {
-      el.replaceWith(doc.createTextNode(el.textContent || ''));
-    });
-    doc.body.querySelectorAll('.assistant-table-scroll').forEach(function(el) {
-      var table = el.querySelector('table');
-      if (table) el.replaceWith(table);
-    });
-    return doc.body.innerHTML;
+  function plainTextForTranslation(markdown) {
+    return String(markdown || '')
+      .replace(/^#{1,6}\s+/gm, '')
+      .replace(/[*_~`]{1,3}/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\s*[-*+]\s+/gm, '• ')
+      .replace(/^\s*\d+\.\s+/gm, '')
+      .replace(/^\s*[|>]\s*/gm, '')
+      .replace(/\|/g, ' ')
+      .trim();
   }
 
   function requestMessageTranslation(row, target, provider) {
@@ -1640,34 +1635,22 @@ import {
     var imageCards = Array.prototype.slice.call(bubble.querySelectorAll('.assistant-image-card'));
     imageCards.forEach(function(card) { card.remove(); });
     if (!bubble.assistantOriginalHtml) bubble.assistantOriginalHtml = bubble.innerHTML;
-    // Translate simplified rendered HTML so headings, bold, lists and tables
-    // survive; LibreTranslate keeps those tags in html mode. Citations render
-    // as plain numbers inside their chips.
+    // Reliable path: translate plain text (no markdown syntax to mangle) and
+    // show it as clean paragraphs; the original keeps its full formatting.
     var raw = bubble.assistantRawContent !== undefined ? bubble.assistantRawContent : String(bubble.textContent || '').trim();
     if (!String(raw).trim()) return;
-    var simpleHtml = simplifyHtmlForTranslation(renderMarkdown(raw, [], {}));
-    translateAssistantMessage(simpleHtml, target, provider, 'html')
+    var plain = plainTextForTranslation(raw);
+    if (!String(plain).trim()) return;
+    translateAssistantMessage(plain, target, provider, 'text')
       .then(function(data) {
         if (!data.success) throw new Error(data.error || 'Translation failed');
-        bubble.innerHTML = sanitize(String(data.translated || '')) +
+        bubble.innerHTML = '<p class="assistant-translated-text">' + escapeHtml(String(data.translated || '')) + '</p>' +
           '<button type="button" class="btn-sm btn-ghost" data-assistant-msg-show-original><i class="fas fa-undo"></i> Show original</button>';
         imageCards.forEach(function(card) { bubble.appendChild(card); }); // same node — its status polling continues
         renderEmbeddedBlocks(bubble);
       })
       .catch(function(err) {
-        // Html mode can be rejected by some LibreTranslate builds; fall back
-        // to plain text and re-render, so formatting is never fully lost.
-        translateAssistantMessage(raw, target, provider, 'text')
-          .then(function(data2) {
-            if (!data2.success) throw new Error(data2.error || 'Translation failed');
-            bubble.innerHTML = renderMarkdown(String(data2.translated || ''), [], {}) +
-              '<button type="button" class="btn-sm btn-ghost" data-assistant-msg-show-original><i class="fas fa-undo"></i> Show original</button>';
-            imageCards.forEach(function(card) { bubble.appendChild(card); });
-            renderEmbeddedBlocks(bubble);
-          })
-          .catch(function(err2) {
-            if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast(err2 && err2.message ? err2.message : 'Translation failed', 'error');
-          });
+        if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast(err && err.message ? err.message : 'Translation failed', 'error');
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/test/assistant-translate.test.js b/test/assistant-translate.test.js
index 7999943..34c2f0b 100644
--- a/test/assistant-translate.test.js
+++ b/test/assistant-translate.test.js
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ test('per-message translate picker offers a provider choice and leaves the raw t
   const sent = JSON.parse(translateCalls[0].options.body);
   assert.equal(sent.target, 'es');
   assert.equal(sent.provider, 'libretranslate');
-  assert.equal(sent.format, 'html');
-  assert.match(sent.message, /Chest pain in a four year old\./, 'simplified rendered HTML carries the formatting');
+  assert.equal(sent.format, 'text');
+  assert.equal(sent.message, 'Chest pain in a four year old.');
   const bubble = row.querySelector('.assistant-bubble');
   assert.match(bubble.textContent, /Traducción de "Chest pain in a four year old/);
   assert.equal(c.messages[0].content, 'Chest pain in a four year old.', 'canonical transcript unchanged');