translation-files/skills/translation/references/bilingual-format.md

Bilingual DJ Format

Layout

Each pair: source line immediately followed by target line. Blank line separates pairs.

source-line
target-line

source-line
target-line

NOT:

source-line
              ← WRONG: extra blank between source and target
target-line

Creating initial bilingual from source only

Every source line gets an empty target placeholder + blank separator:

source-A

source-B

(2 blank lines between consecutive source lines: empty target + separator.)

Verification

Source line count × 3 − 1 = bilingual line count (before trailing newline strip).