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# Proofreading: Manuscript vs Typeset
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## Two workflows
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### A. Bilingual from DOCX (standard)
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When the DOCX manuscript has both Chinese and English in 1:1 paragraph
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correspondence, generate `bilingual.dj` directly from the DOCX:
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1. `pandoc docx → plain text`
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2. Extract Chinese-English pairs from body (Chinese line, blank, English line, blank)
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3. Apply fixes: italicize Sanskrit on first occurrence, fix `N.Letter` → `N. Letter` spacing
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4. Write bilingual.dj
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The DOCX English is the authoritative target text. No PDF needed.
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### B. Bilingual from PDF (when PDF is the typeset target)
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When the PDF English is the typeset "final" version and should be the target:
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1. Extract DOCX Chinese paragraphs (source)
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2. Extract PDF body text via `pdftotext -layout`
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3. Clean PDF: remove slug lines, headers, page numbers, join hyphenation breaks
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4. Match DOCX English paragraphs against PDF body to find positions
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5. Segment PDF body at matched positions
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6. Write bilingual.dj with Chinese source + PDF English target
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**Pitfalls in PDF extraction:**
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- Consecutive hyphenation breaks (e.g. `thou-` + `sand...al-` + `leviate`) — the join
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loop must be recursive: after joining pair N, check if result still ends with `-`
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and join with line N+2
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- Lines with leading whitespace: use `lstrip()` before checking `n[0].islower()`
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- Drop-cap artifacts: `L iving` → `Living`
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- Trailing section numbers: `...viewpoints. 1)` — the ` 1)` is a PDF section marker
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bleeding into the previous paragraph
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### C. Edit suggestions (edit-suggestions.dj)
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After generating bilingual.dj, scan for issues and write `edit-suggestions.dj`:
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**Format**: follow the original document's section/chapter layout. Group suggestions
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under the chapter headings where the issues occur. Use diff-style `-/+` notation.
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**What to flag:**
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- Garbled Chinese text (merged duplicate edits in source DOCX)
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- Repeated words (`the The`)
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- Chapter numbering mismatches (e.g. `九` ↔ `VIII`)
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- Translator notes in headings (`（善鑫翻，妙一审）`)
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- Missing quotes around dialogue/speech
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## Common source DOCX issues
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- Translator notes in Chinese headings: `（某某翻，某某审）` — delete for publication
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- Merged duplicate edits: cut-paste errors where old+new text appear together
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- `N.Letter` without space: `2.How` → `2. How`
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- `the The` double article
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## Sanskrit italicization
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On first occurrence in body text, wrap with `*term*`. Track seen terms across
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the full body. Terms: bodhisattva, bodhicitta, samsara, Dharma, karma, nirvana,
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Sangha, sutra, Mahayana, Sravaka, Vinaya, Lamrim, Ksitigarbha, Samantabhadra,
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Chan, Arhatship, Theravada.
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