For Spanish speakers have you gouys noticed also how bad this HBO interpreter is?

He is bad, both of them suck (the older guy with the gray hair) They need to hire me, I would be the best in translating everything they say word for word.

I don't speak spanish but that guy seemed to translate every single word instead of trying to summarize. That was a great job. Sergio articulates very well the spanish and the translator was paying attention to Sergio and apparently have a good memory.

in the correct context? yes, i know what the term "context" relates, but i you'll need to explain to me further what you mean. let me guess this straight, you think you can do a better job than he does, or you simply think that he's not translating everything as directly as possible? he's not trying to go word for word and give the most accurate translation. he's trying to show the fighters in a good light in the interviews, and sell the product. it's not like these guys are always super coherent. some of the stuff you hear you don't want translated directly because it's a poor answer. it's perhaps not fair to the fighters, but it's almost certainly not a product of an inability to go word for word / idea for idea in a translation i speak enough spanish to get a good deal of what i hear in interviews after the fights. up to 100?% for the guys with the simple dialogue and an accent i can deal with. i've spoken it for about 10 years, but again, it's childlike spanish at best. still, some of the stuff i hear from the fighters shouldn't be translated word for word. The fighter say something and the translation in english is not the same thing. IMO it is their inability to remember all the words the fighters are saying. I can look back for plenty of the post fights and translate exactly what the fighter said and what Olaya and Flores say and it is not the same. Same thing happens in this site when they translate what the spanish speaking fighters say to english. Can I do a better job? Translating yes. I have no doubt. But my voice and my accent is not fit for that type of job. The fat guy from Top Rank, does a good job. He understand the idiom and jargon of different nationality. The guys that translate the fights in HBO Latino do a good job from english to spanish.

I don't speak spanish but that guy seemed to translate every single word instead of trying to summarize. yep that dude nailed it, great translating, somebody should e-mail HBO n tell them to replace that other guy for this one

The guy from Argentina who tramslated after the Martinez vs Williams fight was a professional translator. What a difference. I don't speak spanish but that guy seemed to translate every single word instead of trying to summarize.

Is Jerry Olaya the one who always says Nacho is asking JMM for 'more velocity'?

yeah, olaya is decent, thank god that ray torres in not there anymore... "let me put some water on your balls"

Excellent point. He is not even an average translator. HBO doesnt even notices it. They just assume he is doing it right. I remember after the Mayweather vs Marquez fight, Marquez wanted to say something and the translator was not clpse by, so they asked a camera man to translate and he was doing a better job than him. Never saw him do a good translation. The guy from Argentina who tramslated after the Martinez vs Williams fight was a professional translator. What a difference.

Hbo might tell him not to do it word for word

in the correct context? yes, i know what the term "context" relates, but i you'll need to explain to me further what you mean. let me guess this straight, you think you can do a better job than he does, or you simply think that he's not translating everything as directly as possible? he's not trying to go word for word and give the most accurate translation. he's trying to show the fighters in a good light in the interviews, and sell the product. it's not like these guys are always super coherent. some of the stuff you hear you don't want translated directly because it's a poor answer. it's perhaps not fair to the fighters, but it's almost certainly not a product of an inability to go word for word / idea for idea in a translation i speak enough spanish to get a good deal of what i hear in interviews after the fights. up to 100?% for the guys with the simple dialogue and an accent i can deal with. i've spoken it for about 10 years, but again, it's childlike spanish at best. still, some of the stuff i hear from the fighters shouldn't be translated word for word. like in the Lara interview, Lara said "el es un pendejo, no tiene corazon" which means "he is a stupid/dummy, he has no heart" he also said that this a top rank promotion card, n the dumb translator said that it was top rank/goldenboy card its just frustrating to see this translators, that way the public can understand this fighters thoughts on the fights

:rofl: that is not his job. you are not his boss. his boss is not a consumer of this product. he's the producer of it. huge difference. you want a direct translation. you're consuming the product. HBO wants a product they can sell and broadcasts that are not going to get people to change the channel because of awkwardness from a fighter interview. Yeah people change the channel during controversy. I bet everyone changed the channel during floyd and mechants argument. Ok argue semantics on what I want as a consumer vs what his boss wants. I guess you are right, HBO does like him because they havent fired him, point taken. I dont like him as a viewer because I want to hear what the fighter has to say, its his chance to speak on the mic and we are big boys and girls and can handle whatever he has to say. This is not the NCAA football league giving out penalties for celebrating touchdowns, this is HBO premium cable. Its silly to censor it out in english when its already been said in spanish. They are probably already using a short time delay incase someone flashes their junk or something, if its really that bad then use it which I never seen them have to.

thats not his job to inject his opinion of what he thinks the majority of the audience should and should not hear. His JOB is to translate. :rofl: that is not his job. you are not his boss. his boss is not a consumer of this product. he's the producer of it. huge difference. you want a direct translation. you're consuming the product. HBO wants a product they can sell and broadcasts that are not going to get people to change the channel because of awkwardness from a fighter interview.

He is not good at all. Most spanish speaking posters here agree that he does not translate everything in the correct context. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android in the correct context? yes, i know what the term "context" relates, but i you'll need to explain to me further what you mean. let me guess this straight, you think you can do a better job than he does, or you simply think that he's not translating everything as directly as possible? he's not trying to go word for word and give the most accurate translation. he's trying to show the fighters in a good light in the interviews, and sell the product. it's not like these guys are always super coherent. some of the stuff you hear you don't want translated directly because it's a poor answer. it's perhaps not fair to the fighters, but it's almost certainly not a product of an inability to go word for word / idea for idea in a translation i speak enough spanish to get a good deal of what i hear in interviews after the fights. up to 100?% for the guys with the simple dialogue and an accent i can deal with. i've spoken it for about 10 years, but again, it's childlike spanish at best. still, some of the stuff i hear from the fighters shouldn't be translated word for word.

lmao the showtime guy is prican and hes the worst..... Olaya(HBO's) is actually pretty good....i think he just thought it was classless of Lara to say that and didnt want to repeat it..... thats not his job to inject his opinion of what he thinks the majority of the audience should and should not hear. His JOB is to translate.

there's just no way HBO has an outright bad interpreter. if that were the case he'd be replaced, the way my spanish isn't nearly good enough to speak to his specific interpretations in each case, but they pay this guy a lot of money, and NE speaks that language with fluency. these guys are in corners are not discussing plans for a nuclear reactor. it's very simple stuff. if he's bad enough that he's f#cking it up consistently he'll just be replaced. if you guys could do his job you would. if nothing else, he has a great voice for TV. if you don't you'll sound completely out of place in a broadcast. there's more going on here, methinks. his hardest/more technical translation work is probably done in the fighter meetings, for the promos, etc, when he's not on live TV and listening to these guys talk through microphones in crowded arenas. he's clearly got an agenda, which is probably the same as anybody else here who has a boss : "do what your boss tells you to do.." hbo is in the business of entertaining people and selling fighters. the interpreter is going to put a "party line" type spin on whatever he's interpreting. he's trying to "sound good." He is not good at all. Most spanish speaking posters here agree that he does not translate everything in the correct context. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

According to Ray Torres, all Mexican cornermen ever say is 'throw the left to the body'. thats kinda true

According to Ray Torres, all Mexican cornermen ever say is 'throw the left to the body'. can you blame them? sound advice :rofl:

According to Ray Torres, all Mexican cornermen ever say is 'throw the left to the body'.

there's just no way HBO has an outright bad interpreter. if that were the case he'd be replaced. my spanish isn't nearly good enough to speak to his specific interpretations in each case, but they pay this guy a lot of money, and NE speaks that language with fluency. these guys are in corners are not discussing plans for a nuclear reactor. it's very simple stuff. if he's bad enough that he's f#cking it up consistently he'll just be replaced. if you guys could do his job you would. if nothing else, he has a great voice for TV. if you don't you'll sound completely out of place in a broadcast. there's more going on here, methinks. his hardest/more technical translation work is probably done in the fighter meetings, for the promos, etc, when he's not on live TV and listening to these guys talk through microphones in crowded arenas. he's clearly got an agenda, which is probably the same as anybody else here who has a boss : "do what your boss tells you to do.." hbo is in the business of entertaining people and selling fighters. the interpreter is going to put a "party line" type spin on whatever he's interpreting. he's trying to "sound good."

Ray Torres :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: