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PostSubject: Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in   Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 4:26 pm

http://mmajunkie.com/news/18718/anderson-silvas-words-not-entirely-lost-in-translation-says-manager.mma
You may not be hearing every word Anderson Silva says, but none of his words are purposefully hidden, according to his manager.

Ed Soares, Silva's manager, has faced criticism for an apparent conflict of interest as the middleweight champion's business representative and translator in the media. Some fans and media wonder if they're getting the whole story in the pause between Silva's Portuguese and Soares' English.

"People are always saying I'm covering things up," Soares told MMAjunkie.com (www.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."

After the fight, Soares tried to convey Silva's statements as best he could. But when the champion has a lot to say, it's an issue of memory space.

"Let me ask you something: for the past 45 seconds can you tell me word-for-word what I just told you?" he asked. "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."

The switch doesn't always work out perfectly when done on the fly.

"Do I miss some things?" Soares asked. "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."

The change, he said, is not influenced by his relationship with the champion. He's not holding anything back to protect Silva's image.

"I'm not changing it for any particular reason," Soares said. "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."


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PostSubject: Re: Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in   Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 4:27 pm

I was going to make this thread anyways but this article makes it even easier. Do you guys think he is filtering Anderson's words?
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PostSubject: Re: Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in   Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 4:29 pm

Well another person who know portuguese could just translate themselves to find out
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PostSubject: Re: Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in   Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 4:30 pm

Probably some. He may catch something that sounds 'wrong' but not meant to be that way then fixes for us english speaking people.
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PostSubject: Re: Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in   Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 4:32 pm

I think he does, not saying it is really anything major. But sometimes fighters let their emotions get the best of them after the fight and say the wrong things, it probably won't be near as bad with your manager filtering it.
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PostSubject: Re: Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in   Does Soares filter Anderson's words? Soares weighs in EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 7:17 pm

I have a brazilian friend I will ask him to watch the post fight and see if there is much of this
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