docs: make routine translation lightweight

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English | [中文](README.zh.md)
This repo's documentation is read by people and agents both inside and outside the company, so every document in scope is maintained in English and Simplified Chinese. This page defines the pairing contract, checks, scope, and exclusions; [translation-rules.md](translation-rules.md) defines how to translate; [terminology.md](terminology.md) is the terminology source of truth. The committed agent workflow lives in [.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs](../../.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs/SKILL.md).
This repo's documentation is read by people and agents both inside and outside the company, so every document in scope is maintained in English and Simplified Chinese. This page defines the pairing contract, checks, scope, and exclusions; [translation-rules.md](translation-rules.md) defines how to translate; [terminology.md](terminology.md) is the terminology source of truth. Routine agent work follows the lightweight path in [docs/AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md); the extended [.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs](../../.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs/SKILL.md) workflow is available only through explicit user invocation.
## The pairing contract
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foo.zh.md: 89e6c98d92887913cadf06b2adb97f26cde4849b
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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. `--write` stores those snapshots in the local Git object database before recording them, including uncommitted working-tree contents, and pins every distinct stored blob under a content-addressed `refs/dsh/translation-pairing/snapshots/` ref so garbage collection cannot invalidate a recorded recovery pointer. The recorded hashes therefore 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 at the narrowest safely aligned granularity — changed Markdown units, then heading sections, then whole document — with the edited side's diff since last confirmation, each changed span's three-way text, the terminology rows the change touches, and the binding update rules; a change confined to the pair's byte-identical code fences is computed outright, and `--apply` splices it into the counterpart after structural validation ([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).
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. `--write` stores those snapshots in the local Git object database before recording them, including uncommitted working-tree contents, and pins every distinct stored blob under a content-addressed `refs/dsh/translation-pairing/snapshots/` ref so garbage collection cannot invalidate a recorded recovery pointer. The recorded hashes therefore 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. Routine work makes that patch directly; when the user explicitly invokes the extended workflow, `pnpm run gen-translation-brief <pair>` can instead assemble the update at the narrowest safely aligned granularity and `--apply` can splice a code-fence-only change after structural validation ([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).
When two branches contain valid confirmations of the same pair, the installed `dsh-translation-pairing` Git merge driver composes a new record only if Git's default text merge succeeds for both recorded owner-blob triplets and the merged pair retains its required switchers and structural signature. The Chinese file must retain its English backlink; an authored English source must retain its Chinese link, while a listed generated English source is exempt. Any structure the driver cannot verify remains an ordinary conflict; `pnpm run resolve-translation-pairing-conflicts` applies the same fail-closed operation to a merge that has already stopped, stages every safe pairing record, and exits unsuccessfully when other pairing conflicts remain. The [automatic pairing merges Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-08-08-automatic-translation-pairing-merges.md) owns the mechanism and alternatives.
- **Language switcher.** The Chinese file always links back immediately after its H1 heading with `[English](foo.md) | 中文`. An authored English file reciprocates there with `English | [中文](foo.zh.md)`; a listed generated English source omits that line so it remains byte-identical to generator output.
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`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 practical rule this gate creates: **when a PR edits either side of a paired document, the same PR updates the counterpart directly in one terminology-guided pass and re-records the pair with `--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 Markdown structure; 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.
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## Division of labor
Counterparts here are produced by an agent running [dsh-translate-docs](../../.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs/SKILL.md) and reviewed by a human — inference is cheap here, review attention is the scarce resource. The gate checks pair completeness, recorded hashes, the Chinese backlink and authored-source switcher (with the documented generated-source exception), and its documented structural signature. Review still owns translation quality, terminology, and structural requirements that the signature does not encode. The prompt contract is executable: [scripts/translation-prompt.ts](../../scripts/translation-prompt.ts) renders the committed template (terminology injected; the template carries its own calibrated rules) into either direction and parses the three-section response, while `verify-translation-prompt` exercises both render directions and the checked-in example in `doc-sync`.
Routine counterparts are updated directly by the working agent in one shot and one pass after it loads [terminology.md](terminology.md); it does not invoke a translation skill, generate a briefing, run a separate translation-review pass, or delegate to a subagent. The extended [dsh-translate-docs](../../.agents/skills/dsh-translate-docs/SKILL.md) workflow retains those heavier mechanisms for explicit user invocation. The gate checks pair completeness, recorded hashes, the Chinese backlink and authored-source switcher (with the documented generated-source exception), and its documented structural signature. Review still owns translation quality, terminology, and structural requirements that the signature does not encode. The prompt contract is executable: [scripts/translation-prompt.ts](../../scripts/translation-prompt.ts) renders the committed template (terminology injected; the template carries its own calibrated rules) into either direction and parses the three-section response, while `verify-translation-prompt` exercises both render directions and the checked-in example in `doc-sync`.