Of course, it's contested whether or not there is really any merit in talking about texts that way.

当然也有人质疑,那样去谈论一部作品是否真有必要。

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Yet, he remains in many ways as contested for us as he was in his own time.

或者说，他依旧停留在他的年代里,与我们展开争论。

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the battle took place over some land that was being contested on a frontier and they would go down to that area and pick a spot and there they would go and fight with one another.

战争爆发是为了争夺国境线上的争议地区,他们会到那个地区,挑好地方,然后在那里大打出手

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