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

select a.id, a.text as 'lang A', b.text as 'lang B'
from table a join table b on (a.id = b.id)
where a.lang = 'a' and b.lang = 'b';

where "table" is whatever table these are in.

Answer 2

A crosstab query should suit.

TRANSFORM First([Text]) AS LangText
SELECT ID, First([Text])
FROM Table 
GROUP BY ID
PIVOT lang

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Answer 3

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'

Answer 4

SELECT a.id,
MAX(CASE WHEN a.lang LIKE 'a' THEN a.text) AS Lang A,
MAX(CASE WHEN a.lang LIKE 'a' THEN a.text) AS Lang A
FROM table a
GROUP BY a.id