diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/EventSyncController.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/EventSyncController.java
index 3a9f6b8794cc..033e1937eabe 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/EventSyncController.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/EventSyncController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines;
 
 import gg.xp.reevent.events.Event;
+import gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.intl.LanguageReplacements;
 
 public interface EventSyncController {
 	boolean shouldSync(Event event);
@@ -10,4 +11,8 @@ public interface EventSyncController {
 	default boolean isEditable() {
 		return false;
 	};
+
+	EventSyncController translateWith(LanguageReplacements replacements);
+
+	String toTextFormat();
 }
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/FileEventSyncController.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/FileEventSyncController.java
index ccf76908f261..b1cfb72219f3 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/FileEventSyncController.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/FileEventSyncController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines;
 
 import gg.xp.reevent.events.Event;
+import gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.cbevents.CbEventFmt;
+import gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.intl.LanguageReplacements;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -10,11 +12,13 @@ public class FileEventSyncController implements EventSyncController {
 
 	private final Class<? extends Event> eventType;
 	private final Predicate<Event> predicate;
+	private final String originalType;
 	private final Map<String, String> original;
 
-	public FileEventSyncController(Class<? extends Event> eventType, Predicate<Event> predicate, Map<String, String> original) {
+	public FileEventSyncController(Class<? extends Event> eventType, Predicate<Event> predicate, String originalType, Map<String, String> original) {
 		this.eventType = eventType;
 		this.predicate = predicate;
+		this.originalType = originalType;
 		this.original = new HashMap<>(original);
 	}
 
@@ -28,6 +32,26 @@ public Class<? extends Event> eventType() {
 		return eventType;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public EventSyncController translateWith(LanguageReplacements replacements) {
+		Map<String, String> modified = new HashMap<>(original);
+		modified.replaceAll((key, val) -> {
+			for (var syncReplacement : replacements.replaceSync().entrySet()) {
+				val = syncReplacement.getKey().matcher(val).replaceAll(syncReplacement.getValue());
+			}
+			return val;
+		});
+		if (modified.equals(original)) {
+			return this;
+		}
+		return CbEventFmt.parse(originalType, modified);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toTextFormat() {
+		return CbEventFmt.format(this.originalType, this.original);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return eventType.getSimpleName() + original;
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineEntry.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineEntry.java
index 1c0c8d63a341..9d44d843a32e 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineEntry.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineEntry.java
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ default String toTextFormat() {
 			if (sync() != null) {
 				sb.append("sync /").append(sync().pattern()).append('/').append(' ');
 			}
+			if (eventSyncController() != null) {
+				sb.append(eventSyncController().toTextFormat()).append(' ');
+			}
 			TimelineWindow window = timelineWindow();
 			if (!TimelineWindow.DEFAULT.equals(window)) {
 				sb.append("window ").append(fmtDouble(window.start())).append(',').append(fmtDouble(window.end())).append(' ');
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineParser.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineParser.java
index 17c81d619ce9..9a9cd3fd3d02 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineParser.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineParser.java
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 package gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
-import gg.xp.reevent.events.Event;
-import gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.cbevents.CbEventTypes;
+import gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.cbevents.CbEventFmt;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -14,9 +8,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -38,16 +30,6 @@ public final class TimelineParser {
 	);
 
 	private static final Pattern timelineLabelPattern = Pattern.compile("^(?<time>\\d+\\.?\\d*) label \"(?<label>[^\"]*)\"");
-	private static final ObjectMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder()
-			// get as close as possible to json5
-			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES, true)
-			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMA, true)
-			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES, true)
-			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_ANY_CHARACTER, true)
-			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_NON_NUMERIC_NUMBERS, true)
-			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_JAVA_COMMENTS, true)
-			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_LEADING_DECIMAL_POINT_FOR_NUMBERS, true)
-			.build();
 
 	private TimelineParser() {
 	}
@@ -96,19 +78,7 @@ public static List<TimelineEntry> parseMultiple(Collection<String> line) {
 			if (syncRaw == null) {
 				sync = null;
 				if (eventTypeRaw != null) {
-					CbEventTypes eventDef = CbEventTypes.valueOf(eventTypeRaw);
-					String eventCondRaw = matcher.group("eventCond");
-					// TODO: support translation for this
-					Map<String, String> conditions;
-					try {
-						conditions = mapper.readValue(eventCondRaw, new TypeReference<>() {
-						});
-					}
-					catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-						throw new RuntimeException("Error reading JSON: " + eventCondRaw, e);
-					}
-					Predicate<Event> condition = eventDef.make(conditions);
-					esc = new FileEventSyncController(eventDef.eventType(), condition, conditions);
+					esc = CbEventFmt.parseRaw(eventTypeRaw, matcher.group("eventCond"));
 				}
 			}
 			else {
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineProcessor.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineProcessor.java
index 7db9b3ea0c05..3f51c7c7b324 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineProcessor.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TimelineProcessor.java
@@ -176,21 +176,16 @@ public static TimelineProcessor of(TimelineManager manager, InputStream file, Li
 			TimelineEntry currentItem = all.get(i);
 			final String originalName = currentItem.name();
 			final String originalSync = currentItem.sync() == null ? null : currentItem.sync().pattern();
-			String newName = originalName;
-			String newSync = originalSync;
-			if (originalName != null) {
-				for (var textReplacement : replacements.replaceText().entrySet()) {
-					newName = textReplacement.getKey().matcher(newName).replaceAll(textReplacement.getValue());
-				}
-			}
-			if (originalSync != null) {
-				for (var syncReplacement : replacements.replaceSync().entrySet()) {
-					newSync = syncReplacement.getKey().matcher(newSync).replaceAll(syncReplacement.getValue());
-				}
+			final EventSyncController originalEsc = currentItem.eventSyncController();
+			final String newName = originalName == null ? null : replacements.doNameReplacement(originalName);
+			final String newSync = originalSync == null ? null : replacements.doSyncReplacement(originalSync);
+			EventSyncController newEsc = originalEsc;
+			if (originalEsc != null) {
+				newEsc = originalEsc.translateWith(replacements);
 			}
-			if (!Objects.equals(originalName, newName) || !Objects.equals(originalSync, newSync)) {
+			if (!Objects.equals(originalName, newName) || !Objects.equals(originalSync, newSync) || !Objects.equals(originalEsc, newEsc)) {
 				Pattern newSyncFinal = newSync == null ? null : Pattern.compile(newSync);
-				all.set(i, new TranslatedTextFileEntry(currentItem, newName, newSyncFinal));
+				all.set(i, new TranslatedTextFileEntry(currentItem, newName, newSyncFinal, newEsc));
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TranslatedTextFileEntry.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TranslatedTextFileEntry.java
index 901bc1454b95..70ea65509e97 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TranslatedTextFileEntry.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/TranslatedTextFileEntry.java
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 public class TranslatedTextFileEntry implements TimelineEntry {
 
 	private final TimelineEntry untranslated;
-	private final String nameOverride;
-	private final Pattern syncOverride;
+	private final @Nullable String nameOverride;
+	private final @Nullable Pattern syncOverride;
+	private final @Nullable EventSyncController esc;
 
-	public TranslatedTextFileEntry(TimelineEntry untranslated, @Nullable String nameOverride, @Nullable Pattern syncOverride) {
+	public TranslatedTextFileEntry(TimelineEntry untranslated, @Nullable String nameOverride, @Nullable Pattern syncOverride, @Nullable EventSyncController esc) {
 		this.untranslated = untranslated;
 		this.nameOverride = nameOverride;
 		this.syncOverride = syncOverride;
+		this.esc = esc;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ public double getMaxTime() {
 
 	@Override
 	public @Nullable EventSyncController eventSyncController() {
-		return untranslated().eventSyncController();
+		return esc ;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -57,10 +59,11 @@ public boolean forceJump() {
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return "TranslatedTextFileEntry{" +
-				"nameOverride='" + nameOverride +
-				"', syncOverride='" + syncOverride +
-				"', untranslated='" + untranslated +
-				"'}";
+		       "nameOverride='" + nameOverride +
+		       "', syncOverride='" + syncOverride +
+		       "', untranslated='" + untranslated +
+		       "', syncControl='" + esc +
+		       "'}";
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/cbevents/CbEventFmt.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/cbevents/CbEventFmt.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a7d681e0898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/cbevents/CbEventFmt.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.cbevents;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonWriteFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+import gg.xp.reevent.events.Event;
+import gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.EventSyncController;
+import gg.xp.xivsupport.timelines.FileEventSyncController;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public final class CbEventFmt {
+
+	private static final ObjectMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder()
+			// get as close as possible to json5
+			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES, true)
+			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMA, true)
+			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES, true)
+			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_ANY_CHARACTER, true)
+			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_NON_NUMERIC_NUMBERS, true)
+			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_JAVA_COMMENTS, true)
+			.configure(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_LEADING_DECIMAL_POINT_FOR_NUMBERS, true)
+			.configure(JsonWriteFeature.QUOTE_FIELD_NAMES, false)
+			.build();
+
+	private CbEventFmt() {
+	}
+
+	public static EventSyncController parseRaw(String type, String conditionsRaw) {
+		CbEventTypes eventDef = CbEventTypes.valueOf(type);
+		Map<String, String> conditions;
+		try {
+			conditions = mapper.readValue(conditionsRaw, new TypeReference<>() {
+			});
+		}
+		catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Error reading JSON: " + conditionsRaw, e);
+		}
+		Predicate<Event> condition = eventDef.make(conditions);
+		return new FileEventSyncController(eventDef.eventType(), condition, type, conditions);
+	}
+
+	public static EventSyncController parse(String type, Map<String, String> conditions) {
+		CbEventTypes eventDef = CbEventTypes.valueOf(type);
+		Predicate<Event> condition = eventDef.make(conditions);
+		return new FileEventSyncController(eventDef.eventType(), condition, type, conditions);
+	}
+
+	public static String format(String originalType, Map<String, String> originalValues) {
+		try {
+			return String.format("%s %s", originalType, mapper.writeValueAsString(originalValues));
+		}
+		catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/gui/TimelinesTab.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/gui/TimelinesTab.java
index 97242eca03ec..fc7781fc1d88 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/gui/TimelinesTab.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/gui/TimelinesTab.java
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ public class TimelinesTab extends TitleBorderFullsizePanel implements PluginTab
 	private TimelineProcessor currentTimeline;
 	private TimelineCustomizations currentCust;
 
-	private TableCellEditor noLabelEdit(TableCellEditor wrapped) {
-		return new RowConditionalTableCellEditor<TimelineEntry>(wrapped, item -> !item.isLabel());
-	}
-
 	public TimelinesTab(TimelineManager backend, TimelineOverlay overlay, XivState state, ActionTableFactory actionTableFactory, TimelineBarColorProviderImpl tbcp) {
 		super("Timelines");
 		// TODO: searching
@@ -162,8 +158,16 @@ public TimelinesTab(TimelineManager backend, TimelineOverlay overlay, XivState s
 				.addColumn(new CustomColumn<>("Text/Name", TimelineEntry::name, col -> {
 					col.setCellEditor(StandardColumns.stringEditorEmptyToNull(safeEditTimelineEntry(false, (item, value) -> item.name = value, (item, value) -> item.name = value)));
 				}))
-				.addColumn(new CustomColumn<>("Pattern", TimelineEntry::sync, col -> {
-					col.setCellEditor(noLabelEdit(StandardColumns.regexEditorEmptyToNull(safeEditTimelineEntry(false, (item, value) -> item.sync = value), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE)));
+				.addColumn(new CustomColumn<>("Sync", e -> {
+					if (e.sync() != null) {
+						return e.sync();
+					}
+					if (e.eventSyncController() != null) {
+						return e.eventSyncController().toString();
+					}
+					return null;
+				}, col -> {
+					col.setCellEditor(noLabelNoNewSyncEdit(StandardColumns.regexEditorEmptyToNull(safeEditTimelineEntry(false, (item, value) -> item.sync = value), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE)));
 				}))
 				.addColumn(new CustomColumn<>("Duration", TimelineEntry::duration, col -> {
 					col.setCellEditor(noLabelEdit(StandardColumns.doubleEditorEmptyToNull(safeEditTimelineEntry(false, (item, value) -> item.duration = value))));
@@ -972,4 +976,13 @@ public boolean isCellEditable(EventObject anEvent) {
 		}
 
 	}
+
+	private TableCellEditor noLabelNoNewSyncEdit(TableCellEditor wrapped) {
+		return new RowConditionalTableCellEditor<TimelineEntry>(wrapped, item -> !item.isLabel() && !item.hasEventSync());
+	}
+
+	private TableCellEditor noLabelEdit(TableCellEditor wrapped) {
+		return new RowConditionalTableCellEditor<TimelineEntry>(wrapped, item -> !item.isLabel());
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/intl/LanguageReplacements.java b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/intl/LanguageReplacements.java
index 4aad0ee0e214..706d40ea992e 100644
--- a/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/intl/LanguageReplacements.java
+++ b/timelines/src/main/java/gg/xp/xivsupport/timelines/intl/LanguageReplacements.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -36,6 +37,20 @@ public Map<String, String> sortedReplaceText() {
 		return replaceText.entrySet().stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(e -> e.getKey().pattern(), e -> e.getValue()));
 	}
 
+	public @NotNull String doNameReplacement(@NotNull String input) {
+		for (var nameReplacement : replaceText().entrySet()) {
+			input = nameReplacement.getKey().matcher(input).replaceAll(nameReplacement.getValue());
+		}
+		return input;
+	}
+
+	public @NotNull String doSyncReplacement(@NotNull String input) {
+		for (var syncReplacement : replaceSync().entrySet()) {
+			input = syncReplacement.getKey().matcher(input).replaceAll(syncReplacement.getValue());
+		}
+		return input;
+	}
+
 	public static LanguageReplacements empty() {
 		return new LanguageReplacements(Collections.emptyMap(), Collections.emptyMap());
 	}