diff --git a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C
index efd0a823..d8da2e62 100644
--- a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C
+++ b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ void TransitionDialogThread::start()
 		mwindow->search_plugindb(data_type == TRACK_AUDIO,
 			data_type == TRACK_VIDEO, 0, 1, 0, plugindb);
 		for(int i = 0; i < plugindb.total; i++) {
-			const char *title = plugindb.values[i]->title;
-			if( !strcmp(transition_title, title) ) number = i;
+			char *title = _(plugindb.get(i)->title);
+			//printf("title: %s \n", _(title));
+			mwindow->fix_plugin_title(title);
+			if( !strcmp(transition_title, _(title))) number = i;
 			transition_names.append(new BC_ListBoxItem(_(title)));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/mwindow.C b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/mwindow.C
index 04549fde..bc03cb2a 100644
--- a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/mwindow.C
+++ b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/mwindow.C
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
 #include "zwindowgui.h"
 #include "exportedl.h"
 
+#include <cwctype>
+#include <locale>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "defaultformats.h"
 #include "ntsczones.h"
 
@@ -930,12 +935,38 @@ PluginServer* MWindow::scan_plugindb(char *title,
 // repair session files with xlated plugin titles
 void MWindow::fix_plugin_title(char *title)
 {
+//	const char *lang = getenv("LANG");
+//	if (!strcmp(lang, "ru_RU.utf8")) {
+	
+	const char* my_title= title;
+	//printf("My_title: %s \n", my_title);
+	  std::mbstate_t state = std::mbstate_t();
+	  std::size_t len = 1 + std::mbsrtowcs(NULL, &my_title, 0, &state);
+	  std::vector<wchar_t> wtitle(len);
+	  
+	int ret = std::mbsrtowcs(&wtitle[0], &my_title, wtitle.size(), &state);
+	//printf ("mbsrtowcs returns, %i \n", ret);
+//	 std::wcout << "Wide string: " << &wtitle[0] << '\n';
+//	return;
+//}
 	for(int i = 0; i < plugindb->total; i++) {
 		PluginServer *server = plugindb->get(i);
 		if( !server->title ) continue;
-		const char *server_title = server->title;
-		if( !bstrcasecmp(title, _(server_title)) ) {
-			strcpy(title, server_title);
+		const char *server_title = _(server->title);
+		
+		 std::mbstate_t state1 = std::mbstate_t();
+	         std::size_t len1 = 1 + std::mbsrtowcs(NULL, &server_title, 0, &state1);
+		 std::vector<wchar_t> wserver_title(len1);
+		int ret1 = std::mbsrtowcs(&wserver_title[0], &server_title, wserver_title.size(), &state1);
+
+//		std::wcout << "Wide string 2: " << &wserver_title[0] << '\n';
+		
+		//printf("in fix_plugin_title 1 \n");
+		if(!wcscasecmp (&wtitle[0], &wserver_title[0]) ) {
+//		if( !bstrcasecmp(title, _(server_title)) ) {
+//			strcpy(title, server_title);
+			std::wcout << "Wide string 3: " << &wserver_title[0] << '\n';
+			printf("in fix_plugin_title 2\n");
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2212,7 +2243,7 @@ if(debug) printf("MWindow::load_filenames %d\n", __LINE__);
 			    strcmp(cin_version, "Unify") &&
 			    strcmp(cin_version, "5.1") ) {
 				eprintf(_("Warning: XML from cinelerra version %s\n"
-					"Session data may be incompatible."), cin_version);
+                                        "Session data may be incompatible."), cin_version);
 			}
 			if( new_edl->load_xml(&xml_file, LOAD_ALL) ) {
 				eprintf(_("Error: unable to load:\n  %s"), filename);
@@ -2656,8 +2687,9 @@ void MWindow::test_plugins(EDL *new_edl, const char *path)
 					plugin; plugin = (Plugin*)plugin->next ) {
 				if( plugin->plugin_type != PLUGIN_STANDALONE ) continue;
 // ok we need to find it in plugindb
+				fix_plugin_title(_(plugin->title));
 				PluginServer *server =
-					scan_plugindb(plugin->title, track->data_type);
+					scan_plugindb(_(plugin->title), track->data_type);
 				if( !server || server->transition ) {
 					sprintf(string,
 	_("The %s '%s' in file '%s' is not part of your installation of Cinelerra.\n"
@@ -2671,8 +2703,9 @@ void MWindow::test_plugins(EDL *new_edl, const char *path)
 		for( Edit *edit=track->edits->first; edit; edit=edit->next ) {
 			if( !edit->transition ) continue;
 // ok we need to find transition in plugindb
+			fix_plugin_title(_(edit->transition->title));
 			PluginServer *server =
-				scan_plugindb(edit->transition->title, track->data_type);
+				scan_plugindb(_(edit->transition->title), track->data_type);
 			if( !server || !server->transition ) {
 				sprintf(string,
 	_("The %s '%s' in file '%s' is not part of your installation of Cinelerra.\n"
@@ -4276,10 +4309,27 @@ void MWindow::save_backup()
 	edl->optimize();
 	edl->set_path(session->filename);
 
-	char backup_path[BCTEXTLEN], backup_path1[BCTEXTLEN];
+	char backup_path[BCTEXTLEN], backup_path1[BCTEXTLEN], backup_path2[BCTEXTLEN];
+
+	time_t t = time(NULL);
+        struct tm tm = *localtime(&t);
+	char BACKUP_FILE2[BCTEXTLEN] ;
+	sprintf(BACKUP_FILE2, _("backup_%02d%02d%02d-%02d%02d%02d.xml"),
+	    tm.tm_year+1900, tm.tm_mon+1, tm.tm_mday,
+	    tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec);
+	    
+	snprintf(backup_path2, sizeof(backup_path2), "%s/%s",
+		File::get_config_path(), BACKUP_FILE2);
+
 	snprintf(backup_path1, sizeof(backup_path1), "%s/%s",
 		File::get_config_path(), BACKUP_FILE1);
 	get_backup_path(backup_path, sizeof(backup_path));
+	
+	char cmd[1024], *cp = cmd;
+	cp += sprintf(cp, "cp %s %s &", backup_path, backup_path2);
+	system(cmd);
+	
+	
 	rename(backup_path, backup_path1);
 	edl->save_xml(&file, backup_path);
 	file.terminate_string();