5.International relations may have been more straightforward if there was only one waterway in the channel; however, because the San Juan Islands occupied the middle, there were two straits: the Haro Strait and the Rosario Strait.
如果海峡中只有一条水道,国际关系可能会更加直接;然而,由于圣胡安群岛占据中部,因此有两个海峡:哈罗海峡和罗萨里奥海峡。机翻