yeah, one key insight is that actually, the sentence is the fundamental unit of translation. paragraphing can be kept the same, the sentences in them can be kept the same, but the sentences need to be restructured. that is the whole depth of the visible part of the language that carries everything you need to be able to effectively translate. a tiny unit. searching is the next level after that, and then doing reasoning is the next level after that. these are going to be more challenging, but the translator forms the foundation. the translator gives you a matrix that transforms grammar. semantics is the next level. with a lattice full of grammar translations, now you have these atoms of expression that now become units you can trace a higher level of structure, mathematically, algebraically. no idea how difficult this will be to find but i don't need to deal with it now. just noting this to remember what will be next.