I'm trying to pick a format for bilingual books and I am currently debating between two styles.

Format 1: You read normally and glance over when you need it.

Format 2: Original is right above each word of the translation. So you can see what every single word means without leaving the line.

A couple of things I'm curious about:

- Which one do you find less distracting?

- If you were looking to buy a bilingual book on Kindle, which one would you prefer?

- Would you switch from one to the other as you got better?

The sample above is from The Great Gatsby German-English bilingual edition.

Thanks a lot!