Text Positioning in Multi-Language SL File

I typically start with an English master version of a Storylione module. Next I will localise it, let's say in to German and French.

When I switch over to one of the langauges (e.g. German) and make adjustments to the layout to accommodate the extra volume of text characters, the positioning of the text boxes is carried back up to the English master, and along to the French version too.

This makes it very challenging to fix the layout of each individual language without having to separate the languages in to individual files.

Am I missing something, is it possible to lock certain elements on screen to prevent this? Ideally it would only be the text that changes, and not the position of each element.