I am prepared to take some concession on minor details, but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.
我准备在枝节问题上作些让步，但我不能在原则问题上妥协。Garbage problems were often considered as technical or management problems and did not receive much consideration.
垃圾问题以往被认为是枝节问题、技术问题、管理问题，一直没有得到足够的重视。This is all the more remarkable because it is not merely a statement of a side issue, but of the final goal of government.
这是值得注意的，因为它不仅是一句关于枝节问题的话，而是政治的最后目标。He continued, 'We're not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers. '
如果这些枝节问题和叫嚣让我们分心，我们将无法解决真正需要关注的问题。His input into transfers has become one of the side issues in the relationship between Mourinho and Abramovich.
他对转会的意见成为了穆里尼奥和阿布拉莫维奇之间的关系里，其中的一个枝节问题。We are ready to give way a little to them on minor problems, but we will never compromise with them on major questions of principle.
37我们准备在一些枝节问题上对他们作些让步，但决不在重大的原则问题上与他们妥协。This country's domestic politics combined with the insecurity of the nation resulted in a maddening, nitpicking style of negotiation.
该国的国内政局，再加上这个国家的不安全感，导致了一场叫人受不了的，一味纠缠枝节问题的谈判。She's grateful for the coverage, she says, as long as people focus on the substance rather than on the "side issues" .
她说，她感谢媒体的报道，只要人们关注的是实质问题而非“枝节问题”。Don't divert the subject into a side issue.
别把话题转向枝节问题。