When a block is broken in a layout, we show a red message as the block description:

...but there is no hint whatsoever elsewhere. I would expect that red color to "propagate" back all the way forming some sort of trail that the site admin could follow. So there should be a site status error too that triggers the admin bar red badge to show:

...and then on the manage layouts page, the layout name (and perhaps the template icon too) should also be red:

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There is a Drupal 7 contrib module that "lets the administrator see all administration pages in her preferred language" and which could be ported to Backdrop: https://www.drupal.org/project/...
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)
@stpaultim – You're right: my approach affects also the main menu. I guess, because menus are also considered as user interface (not as content). @findlabnet – If I didn't miss anything,...
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)
Go to the account edit of the desired user. On the horizontal tab below "Region and Language," select "English" or another language. WFM.
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)