need help with interpretation

兰颜知己

can anyone help me with this sentence? not sure about the 2nd part. tks.

这不是可不可能，而是愿不愿意的问题

小熊之家

this is not a problem of possibility, but willingness

suvescape

or
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I personally like the 2nd sentence. It is clear and straight.

billzhao

Both of you above have done a great job.

宋兵乙

雲吞

原帖由 小熊之家 于 2009-3-27 11:41 发表
/ |& T# \8 p* H1 R# Z4 Ethis is not a problem of possibility, but willingness

把problem 换成 matter 也可以

Touareg

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-27 13:46 发表

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把problem 换成 matter 也可以

+ J) L  a" _8 Y  h 印象中很少听老外说problem.

星星点

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It is not a matter of possibility, but a matter of willingness.

兰颜知己

thanks guys.

雲吞

原帖由 兰颜知己 于 2009-3-30 14:32 发表
, _( N2 L, n4 K* P+ Pthanks guys.

( _; n# r8 c* r6 A- n& g8 x: lWhat about ladies

billzhao

ladies is part of guys, because there will be no guys without ladies
. {* B0 v: a3 |* lanother interesting phenomeno is that we used to write he... but now we write s/he, or he/she.

雲吞

原帖由 billzhao 于 2009-3-30 16:15 发表
ladies is part of guys, because there will be no guys without ladies
4 }3 u7 W. j; [/ X! c2 A  aanother interesting phenomeno is that we used to write he... but now we write s/he, or he/she.

and we use TA to replace 他/她