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Review bilingual rules against shared case outcomes

Write each language naturally while preserving the permitted combinations.

Compare the rule with concrete cases

Original fictional rule needs reference A or reference B, allowing both. English draft says “provide at least one reference”. Chinese draft says “A、B 二選一”, which can imply exactly one. A shared outcome table makes the both-present disagreement visible without requiring literal sentence translation.

Filled synthetic modelling cases
References presentIntended resultEnglish draftExclusive Chinese reading
A onlyValidValidValid
A and BValidValidInvalid
NeitherInvalidInvalidInvalid
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Work through the distinction

The review compares allowed outcomes, not word count or matching grammar. Rewrite Chinese from the shared rule facts, then inspect the same three cases again.

What Chinese wording retains the both-present valid case?

Show the worked answer

“兩項參考至少提供一項,也可以兩項都有。” This admits A, B and both, while excluding neither.

Acceptance wording to adapt

Require at least one of reference A and reference B; allow both. Verify the English and Traditional Chinese formulations each accept A-only, B-only and both, and reject neither.

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