Secondly, although the methods used over the last 40-odd years to promote Mandarin as the National Language have been inappropriate, creating lingering friction at the provincial level, the prevalence of Mandarin in Taiwan remains an undisputed fact.
其次，儘管過去四十多年來，國語推行的方法不當，造成省籍磨擦的後遺症，但是在台灣，國語的普遍是不爭的事實。