It's a thorny subject.

这是个棘手的问题。

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It is an thorny problem how to choose proper words as the subject of a sentence in Chinese-English translation.

在汉英翻译过程中，怎样选择适当的词语作句子的主语往往是一个棘手的问题。

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This debate has highlighted both a degree of consensus and a degree of continuing controversy within the thorny subject of the predictability of earthquakes.

在地震的可否预测性这个多棘手的问题上，这场辩论既突出了多数人意见的地位，也突出了继续论战的地位。

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This debate has highlighted both a degree of consensus and a degree of continuing controversy within the thorny subject of the predictability of earthquakes.

在地震的可否预测性这个多棘手的问题上，这场辩论既突出了多数人意见的地位，也突出了继续论战的地位。

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