SQL to transpose row pairs to columns in MS ACCESS database

Question

I have an MS Access database that contains translated sentences in source-target pairs (a translation memory for fellow users of CAT tools). Somewhat annoyingly, source and

Answer 1

You need a self-join:

SELECT
    t1.id, t1.text AS lang_a, t2.text AS lang_b
FROM
    lang_table AS t1
INNER JOIN
    lang_table AS t2
ON
    (t1.id = t2.id)
WHERE
    t1.lang = 'a'
AND
    t2.lang = 'b'