The key point is that the costs of separation are a matter of choice, not of inevitability. They would depend mainly on how the RUK, the EU, and NATO decided to respond to a Yes vote, and how moderate a newly independent Scotland would be in its negotiating positions.
关键点在于，分裂的成本是一个选择问题，而不是不可避免的。它们取决于剩下的英国、欧盟和北约决定如何应对“是”的结果，以及新独立的苏格兰在谈判中的立场有多温和。如果头脑保持冷静，苏格兰独立过程的代价可以相对较低。