Sure. This is how we do it at work. We have a function, let’s call it fixme(). When you want to change a string, say, “example,” to “sample.” You call fixme(“example”, “sample”). The implementation sees if “sample” == “sample” for non-English. If so, it uses the old translation. A few weeks later, we remove the fixme and old string. There’s a job that pings you about it in Slack so you don’t forget, IIRC. You don’t even need a pre-commit review to fix them.

Words used alone or need context should use the i18n libraries context abilities. Like p_(“clear”, “verb”) and p_(“clear”, “noun”). It’s also helpful to add comments and your translation system should be able to pick them up:

// translators: %d is an amount of money

If you are using a modern translation system that doesn’t support these features, perhaps “downgrading” to an older system is a good idea.