docs(i18n): briefed update path in the workflow, contract, and Agent Note

The dsh-translate-docs skill now triages updates onto a briefing-driven
path — gen-translation-brief output as the translator's whole working
set, orchestrator-applied mechanical fence edits, scoped record/check —
while the whole-document path for new pairs is unchanged. The i18n
README documents the scoped gate forms and the briefing tool;
development.md lists the new command; the new bilingual Agent Note
records the decision and the ten-example benchmark behind it (briefed
path ~1/3 the tokens and wall clock of the corpus-loading path at equal
judged quality; whole-document re-translation rejected on preservation
collapse). Counterpart updates in this commit were produced with the
new briefed path; the new note's Chinese side is a whole-document
translation.
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Tianyi Cui
2026-07-27 00:44:22 +08:00
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This repo's documentation is read by people and agents both inside and outside t
foo.zh.md: 89e6c98d92887913cadf06b2adb97f26cde4849b
```
Blob hashes, not commit hashes, so the record is computable for files edited in the same PR (`git hash-object foo.md`) and consistency is a pure content comparison. The recorded hash also recovers the exact last-confirmed text of either side (`git cat-file -p <hash>`), so an out-of-sync pair is updated by diffing the edited side against its last-confirmed state and patching the counterpart minimally — never by re-translating whole files. After bringing the pair back in line, `pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write` re-records both hashes; that yaml diff is the reviewable act of confirming consistency.
Blob hashes, not commit hashes, so the record is computable for files edited in the same PR (`git hash-object foo.md`) and consistency is a pure content comparison. The recorded hashes also recover the exact last-confirmed text of either side, so an out-of-sync pair is updated by patching the counterpart minimally against the edited side's diff — never by re-translating whole files. `pnpm run gen-translation-brief <pair>` assembles that update's working set mechanically: the edited side's diff since last confirmation, the counterpart sections it lands in, the terminology rows it touches, and the binding update rules ([briefed-updates Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-26-briefed-minimal-translation-updates.md)). After bringing the pair back in line, `pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write <pair>` re-records both hashes; that yaml diff is the reviewable act of confirming consistency, which is why `--write` requires naming the pairs you confirmed (`--write --all` is the explicit corpus-wide form).
- **Language switcher.** Both files link to each other immediately after their H1 heading: the English file carries `English | [中文](foo.zh.md)` and the Chinese file carries `[English](foo.md) | 中文`.
- **Structure mirrors the counterpart.** Heading depths and order, list kinds, ordered-list starts, list item counts, table row and column counts, link targets, and verbatim code blocks match one to one across the pair — see [translation-rules.md](translation-rules.md) for the full preservation rules. Existing Markdown gates apply to `.zh.md` files unchanged (`verify-md-wrap`, `verify-md-links`).
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Source-oriented code gates consume an exact `.zh.md` fence sequence as a derivat
`pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --list` prints the current pairing state of every document in scope — missing, out-of-sync, or ok. It never fails; `missing` and `out-of-sync` rows identify violations that the normal check rejects.
The practical rule this gate creates: **when a PR edits either side of a paired document, the same PR updates the counterpart and re-records the pair** (run the [dsh-translate-docs](../../.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs/SKILL.md) skill, then `--write`), exactly like the repo's existing doc-sync rule for code and READMEs. A PR that leaves a pair out of sync goes red in CI.
`pnpm run verify-translation-pairing <pair...>` checks just the named pairs — any of a pair's three files (or its bare stem) names it — so an update loop verifies its own pair in seconds instead of re-scanning the corpus. The no-argument corpus-wide form is what `doc-sync` and CI run; a scoped green never substitutes for it at PR level.
The practical rule this gate creates: **when a PR edits either side of a paired document, the same PR updates the counterpart and re-records the pair** (run the [dsh-translate-docs](../../.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs/SKILL.md) skill, then `--write <pair>`), exactly like the repo's existing doc-sync rule for code and READMEs. A PR that leaves a pair out of sync goes red in CI.
The gate's limit, stated plainly: **a green gate means the pair was confirmed consistent at these exact contents, not that the confirmation was sound.** It checks hashes and shape; it cannot judge whether the two sides actually say the same thing, or whether the wording is accurate, well-termed, and natural — that is the reviewer's half of the contract, per [translation-rules.md](translation-rules.md). A re-recorded pair with a sloppy counterpart passes the gate; it must not pass review.