YOU SAID:
are we going to address the elephant in the room
INTO JAPANESE
部屋の中の象に話しかけるつもりですか
BACK INTO ENGLISH
are you going to talk to the elephant in the room
INTO JAPANESE
部屋の中の象と話すつもりですか
BACK INTO ENGLISH
are you going to talk to the elephant in the room
That didn't even make that much sense in English.