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local p = {}

function p.render(frame)
    local args = frame:getParent().args
    local lang1 = args["lang1"] or args[1]
    local lang2 = args["lang2"] or args[2]

    if not lang1 or not lang2 then
        return "Error: You must specify two language names."
    end

    local output = {}
    table.insert(output, '{| class="wikitable"')
    table.insert(output, string.format("! %s !! %s", lang1, lang2))

    -- Named text/trans pairs
    local i = 1
    while true do
        local text = args["text" .. i]
        local trans = args["trans" .. i]
        if not text and not trans then break end
        table.insert(output, string.format("|-\n| %s || %s", text or "", trans or ""))
        i = i + 1
    end

    -- Positional parameters (start from 3rd parameter onward)
    local index = 3
    while true do
        local text = args[index]
        local trans = args[index + 1]
        if not text and not trans then break end
        table.insert(output, string.format("|-\n| %s || %s", text or "", trans or ""))
        index = index + 2
    end

    table.insert(output, "|}")
    return table.concat(output, "\n")
end

return p