🌐 [translation-sync] Phase 2 ml calibration fixture: functions

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Automated Translation Sync

This PR contains automated translations from QuantEcon/test-translation-sync.

Source PR

#734 - Phase 2 ml calibration fixture: functions

Files Added

• ✅ functions.md
• ✅ .translate/state/functions.md.yml

Details

• Source Language: en
• Target Language: ml
• Model: claude-sonnet-5

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✅ Translation Quality Review

Verdict: PASS | Model: claude-sonnet-5 | Date: 2026-08-03
Routing: editor — 1 minor finding(s) in gating categories (accuracy/terminology/syntax/diff-check/other)

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📝 Translation Quality

Criterion	Score
Accuracy	9/10
Fluency	8/10
Terminology	9/10
Formatting	10/10
Overall	8.9/10

Summary: The Malayalam translation of the changed sections is highly accurate, consistent, and well-formatted, faithfully preserving code, math, and MyST structure while adhering closely to the glossary and language-specific policy of keeping technical terms in English. Minor fluency nits exist in a few sentences but do not impede comprehension or introduce inaccuracies. No syntax or structural errors were found. Excellent adherence to the English-in-Latin-script policy for all technical/programming terms (function, list, loop, callable, etc.) Code blocks, math blocks, and MyST directives are all preserved intact with no corruption Consistent terminology usage across the entire document (e.g., 'function', 'argument', 'return' handled uniformly) Natural use of Malayalam connective grammar attached to English terms (e.g., '-ന്റെ', '-ൽ', '-ഉം') per the language policy Headings correctly left untranslated in the body while properly mapped in the YAML frontmatter metadata

Suggestions:

• [minor · fluency] functions.md — ### Third Party Functions: The English 'we either need to import functions or create our own' is translated slightly awkwardly with 'ഒന്നുകിൽ...അല്ലെങ്കിൽ' construction, which is fine, but the sentence reads a bit stilted compared to natural Malayalam prose flow.
• [minor · terminology] functions.md — ### Adding Conditions: 'unbiased coin' rendered simply as 'unbiased coin' (kept in English) is consistent with policy, but 'ഒരു ഡോളർ pay ചെയ്യുക' mixes 'ഡോളർ' (transliterated) while 'dollar' could arguably stay English per policy on everyday nouns; this is a minor inconsistency but not a significant issue since currency names are commonly transliterated.
• [minor · fluency] functions.md — ### Why Write Functions?: The translation of the bullet list items ('separating different strands of logic', 'facilitating code reuse') as verbal nouns ending in 'ചെയ്യൽ' is grammatically correct but reads slightly mechanically; acceptable given technical register.
• [nit · fluency] functions.md — ## Recursive Function Calls (Advanced): The phrase 'Obviously answer $2^t$ ആണ്' drops the article/copula smoothness; a more natural phrasing would be 'Obviously, ഉത്തരം $2^t$ ആണ്' but this is a very minor stylistic nit. → Obviously, ഉത്തരം $2^t$ ആണ്.

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🔍 Diff Quality

Check	Status
Scope Correct	✅
Position Correct	✅
Structure Preserved	✅
Heading-map Correct	✅
Overall	10/10

Summary: The new functions.md file was correctly added in the target with matching structure, section order, and code cells preserved, but the translation heading map keys/values are untranslated and use a non-standard slug format inconsistent with the described ID scheme.

Issues:

• Heading map values are untranslated (identical to English keys), e.g. 'Overview: Overview', 'Function Basics: Function Basics' - since the actual body headings in the target document remain in English (## Overview, ## Function Basics, etc.), this is technically self-consistent, but it means no real translation of headings occurred, which may be expected at this stage but should be flagged since the heading text bridging is a no-op here.
• The heading map uses Title Case with spaces as keys (e.g. 'Function Basics') rather than the slugified English IDs (e.g. 'function-basics') that would normally be generated from heading text; this may not match the ID generation scheme described (lowercase-hyphenated) in the system documentation.
• translation.title is set to 'Functions' (untranslated) rather than a Malayalam title, though the H1 body heading '# Functions' is also untranslated, so this is internally consistent but indicates the translation is incomplete for headings/title.

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Pull request overview

Adds a new Malayalam (ml) translated lecture page on Python functions and its corresponding translation-sync state metadata, aligning with the repository’s automated translation workflow.

Changes:

• Added functions.md as a new MyST/Jupytext markdown lecture covering Python functions (concepts, examples, exercises).
• Added .translate/state/functions.md.yml to record translation sync metadata for the new file.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
functions.md	New translated lecture content for “Functions” with code cells, exercises, and solutions.
.translate/state/functions.md.yml	New translation-sync state entry (source SHA, synced date, model, mode, section count, tool version).

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[mmcky]

Superseded: the calibration review moved to the real target repo so review fixes land in the shipped translation rather than a harness fixture — see QuantEcon/lecture-python-programming.ml#2 (functions, same translated content byte-exact, same provenance). This harness PR served its purpose: the sync run validated the pipeline and the judge verdict above stays harvestable for Phase 3 (QuantEcon/action-translation#189).