Ed Soares defends translation of Silva’s remarks
“People are always saying I’m covering things up,” Soares told MMAjunkie.com on Tuesday evening. “First of all, my job as…
“People are always saying I’m covering things up,” Soares told MMAjunkie.com on Tuesday evening. “First of all, my job as a manager is to do the best that I can for my client. As far as translating everything he says, I do my best.”
“Let me ask you something: for the past 45 seconds can you tell me word-for-word what I just told you? The truth of the matter is I basically try to make a summary of [Silva’s statements]. I try to take what he’s saying and translate it to get point across.”
“Do I miss some things? Yeah, I miss some things. I can’t say that it’s always exactly what he said. Sometimes I’ll present it in a way that it still has the same meaning. If you were to translate word-for-word verbatim to what he said, it wouldn’t translate. There’s a lot of things that just don’t translate, so I just kind of have to change it a little bit.”
“I’m not changing it for any particular reason. I’m not a professional translator. Sometimes it’s not word for word, but I can guarantee you that I try to summarize it as much as I can.”
“There are some times where I forget to put things in. There’s a lot of times where I forget to put things in that I wish I wouldn’t have. I just forget, especially when he’s giving me a 30-second answer.”
