Rossi Interview

Rossi always answers questions with absolute honesty. Whatever he says; about him, his bike, other bikes and riders are always a dead on analysis.
No cliches or politically correct answers.
I always like to here his opinion on other riders and in this article he sums up Pedrosa quite well.

Good interview.

pedros and horhey his main rivals??? LOL i think he forgot the person who won last week, dominated preseason testing and oh is the current WC

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ Mar 27 2008, 05:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>pedros and horhey his main rivals??? LOL i think he forgot the person who won last week, dominated preseason testing and oh is the current WC
They specifically asked him about pedrosa and lorenzo.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ Mar 27 2008, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>pedros and horhey his main rivals??? LOL i think he forgot the person who won last week, dominated preseason testing and oh is the current WC

good interview alright rossi is a stand up bloke even in defeat

it could very well be that lorenzo and pedrosa will be his main rival but for 2nd or 3rd place


btw can i ask, would you always spell Jorge's name like that if he was australian or is it you just cant spell

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ Mar 27 2008, 12:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>pedros and horhey his main rivals??? LOL i think he forgot the person who won last week, dominated preseason testing and oh is the current WC


"At this moment, who’s the bigger adversary, Pedrosa or Jorge Lorenzo?
At this moment…. I think that at the end of the championship, it will be Pedrosa, but for me at this moment, Lorenzo is more of an adversary, because he’s my teammate and because he races the same bike I do. In fact, out of everyone, he’s my main adversary."

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yamaka46 @ Mar 27 2008, 01:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>LINKthanks yamaka.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ Mar 27 2008, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>pedros and horhey his main rivals??? LOL i think he forgot the person who won last week, dominated preseason testing and oh is the current WC it was an ok interview, predictable, but michaelm, odessa and somedamnwriter, that was the money shot right there, that's the question we all wanted to see wasn't it??? don't bash pinks for stating the ....... blindingly obvious. a room full of birds wouldn't be as clicky.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (skid @ Mar 27 2008, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>it was an ok interview, predictable, but michaelm, odessa and somedamnwriter, that was the money shot right there, that's the question we all wanted to see wasn't it??? don't bash pinks for stating the ....... blindingly obvious. a room full of birds wouldn't be as clicky.

i wasn't bashing, just responding.

it was an appropriate answer to the question that does not concern stoner.

Looks ghost-written to me. Doesn't necessarily make it inaccurate but it doesn't sound like Rossi unless his grasp of English has improved dramatically in the last few weeks.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (howard @ Mar 27 2008, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Looks ghost-written to me. Doesn't necessarily make it inaccurate but it doesn't sound like Rossi unless his grasp of English has improved dramatically in the last few weeks.

they could have edited the responses to make it more grammatically correct

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Mar 27 2008, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>they could have edited the responses to make it more grammatically correct

They could. It's not very good journalism if they did - his English isn't THAT bad.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (howard @ Mar 27 2008, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>They could. It's not very good journalism if they did - his English isn't THAT bad.

Actually, it is an acceptable journalism. that is saying that they didn't change the content of his message, just added a few articles if missing, or ordered words properly. it is what happens in proof-reading.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Mar 27 2008, 09:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>they could have edited the responses to make it more grammatically correct


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (howard @ Mar 27 2008, 09:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>They could. It's not very good journalism if they did - his English isn't THAT bad.


Considering that the article was for a Spanish publication, it's quite likely that the interview took place in Italian, was translated to be published in Spanish, and translated from the Spanish version to English for the website.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Mar 27 2008, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Actually, it is an acceptable journalism. that is saying that they didn't change the content of his message, just added a few articles if missing, or ordered words properly. it is what happens in proof-reading.

Then it's not his words. Either they write what he said or they don't.
Proofing is for editorial not for when you're supposed to be quoting someone.
If the interviewer actually spoke to him, he should have a transcript - and this is what they should publish, if they want the article to have any credibility.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ Mar 27 2008, 09:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Considering that the article was for a Spanish publication, it's quite likely that the interview took place in Italian, was translated to be published in Spanish, and translated from the Spanish version to English for the website.

Didn't see this as I typed. That makes sense.

Thanks for the link!
I hope he wins this weekend! It makes me happy to see him happy!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (howard @ Mar 27 2008, 05:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Then it's not his words. Either they write what he said or they don't.
Proofing is for editorial not for when you're supposed to be quoting someone.

quoting can be a direct quote (meaning you publish the response verbatimly) or an indirect quote which you publish the content of his message though not word for word.

how can it not be "his" words? proofing goes for every article before they get to be published.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Mar 27 2008, 09:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>quoting can be a direct quote (meaning you publish the response verbatimly) or an indirect quote which you publish the content of his message though not word for word.

how can it not be "his" words? proofing goes for every article before they get to be published.

I think bikergirl cleared this up nicely already but I still don't give much credence to 'interviews' that aren't transcripted.

What is the point of someone paraphrasing what he said when they've got his original words? Like I said: his English isn't that bad.

I used to ghost-write interviews myself for people who didn't have time or inclination to do it themselves - or for when their employers didn't trust them to keep to the song sheet - it's much safer to get a PR to do it - usually on email or IM. It happens all the time but it seems not necessarily in this case.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (skid @ Mar 27 2008, 08:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>thanks yamaka.


it was an ok interview, predictable, but michaelm, odessa and somedamnwriter, that was the money shot right there, that's the question we all wanted to see wasn't it??? don't bash pinks for stating the ....... blindingly obvious. a room full of birds wouldn't be as clicky.
If you really want to know what I think, if it has been transcibed correctly from whatever the initial language was, it was a fairly inconsequential interview where rossi was asked nothing questions and didn't say much in reply which you can't necessarily blame him for. You and pinky may well be correct that he is not keen to discuss stoner at the moment, but my recollection from a brief reading of the link was that the comments about pedrosa and lorenzo were in response to a direct question about pedrosa and lorenzo in which stoner was not mentioned. The racing platitude has always been that your team-mate is your foremost rival which rossi regurgitated. It is not impossible that he made a deal with the journalist not to be asked about stoner, but for whatever reason there did not seem to be a question from the journalist about him. Maybe both rossi and stoner are sick of journalists trying to beat up their rivalry; I don't recall many spontaneous recent comments directly referring to rossi from stoner either.