But then PR, marketing and developer relations get involved and what was a simple engineering decision gets turned into something ridiculous.

但当时的公关，营销和开发的关系介入，什么是一个简单的工程决策得到变成荒谬的。

youdao

Hiring a PR firm can be well worth the expense, but even then a nasty faux pas can occur.

雇佣一所公共关系事务所物有所值，然而即使这样做了，也有可能出现严重的失言。

youdao

But then again, here I am armchair quarterbacking a PR problem without the luxury of all the facts at my fingertips.

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