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One line examples rarely have enough context to infer. What about this
sentence that needs an inferred subject?

> 田中さんは部屋に入ってきたかと思うと、いきなり窓を全部開けた。

"開ける" is transitive, so how would a proper translation deal with the lack of
an explicit subject in the main clause?

  1. Just as Tanaka entered the room, **Tanaka** opened all the windows. `(given what ~ かと思うと... means this does not sound correct.)`
  2. Just as Tanaka entered the room, **someone** `(who we've already talked about)` opened all the windows.
  3. Just as Tanaka entered the room, **all** the windows opened. (`a paraphrase using "to open" intransitively`)

For a _translation_ , **#2** makes sense to me but I don't like that empty
inference of `someone`. For a _paraphrase_ , **#3** is better because then
nothing is inferred; the missing subject is hidden. What do you think?
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translation subjects
Do transitive verbs require a subject when translated? How to deal with inferred subjects?
How to translate such a small snippet of text depends a lot on why you're
translating it --

  * Who is the intended audience? Will they know that this snippet is too short to handle well? What will they expect?
  * What is the intended purpose? Is this for conveying the general gist? Is this for accurately conveying what is said?

That said, my personal preference would be ~~#2 -- it's closest to the
original meaning, and (especially with the parenthetical comment) it clarifies
that there is more information implied by the source text than what is
actually there in the words.~~ #1, reworded slightly to avoid redundancy --
replacing the second "Tanaka' with "she" or "he".

( **Note:** Don't translate when super-tired and in a rush. :) See chocolate's
post about the は・が distinction. That said, my above points on "why are you
translating this" are still relevant.)
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You should parse the sentence this way:

> 田中さんは［部屋に入ってきたかと思うと、］いきなり窓を全部開けた。  
>  (≂ 部屋に入ってきたかと思うと、田中さんはいきなり窓を全部開けた。)

The subject of the main clause (= いきなり窓を全部開けた) is 田中さん because it's marked
with は.

部屋に入ってきたかと思うと is a subordinate clause, and the subject of a subordinate clause
should be marked with が, as in 田中さん **が** 部屋に入ってきたかと思うと. To mean "Just as
Tanaka entered the room, someone opened all the windows", you'd say 「田中さん
**が** (not 田中さん **は** )部屋に入ってきたかと思うと、XXはいきなり窓を全部開けた」 or 「XXは、田中さん **が**
部屋に入ってきたかと思うと、いきなり窓を全部開けた」.

As you might know, ～たかと思うと means ～やいなや or ～とすぐに, "as soon as ~~" "right after
doing ~~"

So your sentence means #1 "Just as Tanaka entered the room (or, On entering
the room / Right after he entered the room), Tanaka opened all the windows."
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