IAMmartinbrundle

This is from IMDB, so I wouldn't take it personally (assuming this is true):

Originally, Matt Damon (who Trey Parker and Matt Stone have admitted is really a "pretty cool guy") was going to be portrayed as intelligent and articulate, but when they saw the puppet, they noted that it made him "look retarded" and decided to portray him as such.

I've always been amazed/impressed at people who can translate on the fly in interviews and the like.

When someone's answer is dragging on a bit, how do you go about translating it? Do you just summarise the general gist of what they were saying, or do you just have an incredibly good memory?

Thanks for the answer.

The question stems from the translations that happen at UFC events post-fight, which would be the 'consecutive' type that you described. They manage to somehow do it without notes, which must make it even harder.