diff --git a/.vitepress/theme/components/TranslationNotice.vue b/.vitepress/theme/components/TranslationNotice.vue
index f25d4f32..a2824884 100644
--- a/.vitepress/theme/components/TranslationNotice.vue
+++ b/.vitepress/theme/components/TranslationNotice.vue
@@ -29,11 +29,15 @@ const text = computed(() => {
     en: {
       title: "Translation notice",
       body: "This translation may be outdated. Please refer to the Chinese original.",
+      missing:
+        "This page is not translated yet. Please refer to the Chinese original.",
       go: "View Chinese original",
     },
     ru: {
       title: "Уведомление о переводе",
       body: "Этот перевод может быть устаревшим. Пожалуйста, обратитесь к оригинальной китайской версии.",
+      missing:
+        "Эта страница ещё не переведена. Пожалуйста, обратитесь к оригинальной версии на китайском языке.",
       go: "Посмотреть оригинальную китайскую версию",
     },
   };
@@ -55,10 +59,15 @@ const text = computed(() => {
         {{ text.body }}
       </span>
       <span v-else>
-        This page is not translated yet. Please refer to the Chinese original.
+        {{ text.missing }}
       </span>
       <br />
-      <a :href="info.zhRoute" class="link">
+      <a
+        :href="info.zhRoute"
+        class="link"
+        target="_blank"
+        rel="noreferrer noopener"
+      >
         {{ text.go }}
       </a>
     </p>
diff --git a/scripts/gen-i18n-stale.mjs b/scripts/gen-i18n-stale.mjs
index 4893ce2c..c62e5f39 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-i18n-stale.mjs
+++ b/scripts/gen-i18n-stale.mjs
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ function toRouteFromDocsRel(relToDocs) {
     return route;
 }
 
+function ensureEmptyPlaceholder(locale, relNoLocale) {
+    const tAbs = path.join(DOCS_DIR, locale, relNoLocale); // docs/en/xxx.md
+    if (fs.existsSync(tAbs)) return;
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(tAbs), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(tAbs, "", "utf8");
+}
+
 const zhFiles = walk(DOCS_DIR).filter((p) => {
     const rel = path.relative(DOCS_DIR, p).replaceAll("\\", "/");
     return !LOCALES.some((l) => rel.startsWith(l + "/"));
@@ -96,6 +104,7 @@ for (const [zhRel, zhAbs] of zhByRel.entries()) {
                 tLastUpdated: null,
                 zhLastUpdated: zhISO,
             };
+            ensureEmptyPlaceholder(locale, zhRel);
         }
     }
 }