It's a persistent problem partly because it always raises these issues of fictionality versus truthfulness, of honesty versus embellishment.

这是个持久的问题,原因是它一直在质疑虚构性和真实性的关系，还有诚实与修饰的关系。

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Who knows the degree of honesty that he would bring to our question if he were here?

谁知道,如果他在这他会带几分诚实来回到我们的问题呢？

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