diff --git a/scripts/audit-hardcoded-ui-strings.js b/scripts/audit-hardcoded-ui-strings.js
index ff2fdfa1..e8742411 100644
--- a/scripts/audit-hardcoded-ui-strings.js
+++ b/scripts/audit-hardcoded-ui-strings.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const matchers = [
     { kind: 'button-text', regex: /\.setButtonText\((['"`])/ },
     { kind: 'title-text', regex: /titleEl\.setText\((['"`])/ },
     { kind: 'element-text', regex: /createEl\([^)]*\{\s*text:\s*(['"`])/ },
-    { kind: 'name-prop', regex: /\bname:\s*(['"`])/ },
+    { kind: 'name-prop', regex: /\bname:\s*(['"`])(?!\1)/ },
     { kind: 'placeholder', regex: /\.setPlaceholder\((['"`])/ },
     { kind: 'status-bar', regex: /updateStatusBar\((['"`])/ },
     { kind: 'progress-status', regex: /\.updateStatus\((['"`])/ },
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const allFiles = candidateFiles
         const absolute = path.join(projectRoot, candidate);
         return fs.existsSync(absolute) ? walk(absolute) : [];
     })
-    .map(file => path.relative(projectRoot, file))
+    .map(file => path.relative(projectRoot, file).split(path.sep).join('/'))
     .filter(shouldInspect)
     .sort();
 
diff --git a/src/tests/i18nAuditScriptConfig.test.ts b/src/tests/i18nAuditScriptConfig.test.ts
index 96fc41b0..48df93ea 100644
--- a/src/tests/i18nAuditScriptConfig.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/i18nAuditScriptConfig.test.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,16 @@ describe('hardcoded UI audit script configuration', () => {
         expect(source).not.toContain('/definition\\.description/');
         expect(source).not.toContain('/definition\\.setupHint/');
     });
+
+    test('normalizes platform separators before matching candidate directories', () => {
+        const source = fs.readFileSync(scriptPath, 'utf8');
+
+        expect(source).toContain(".split(path.sep).join('/')");
+    });
+
+    test('does not treat an empty name state field as visible UI copy', () => {
+        const source = fs.readFileSync(scriptPath, 'utf8');
+
+        expect(source).toContain("{ kind: 'name-prop', regex: /\\bname:\\s*(['\"`])(?!\\1)/ }");
+    });
 });