idk if it's better lol but i tried
"Alina didnt have any special talents from the get go. Everyone could see she had a good (fit) body and was beautiful, but no one set any big hopes on her in skating. She is a shy person in general, probably that made it harder for her, she used to keep a low profile and her skills were improving gradually slowly, then very suddenly she'd changed completely. (he probably meant time after ET kicked Alina out of the group) She began to take classes more seriously and put more thought into training process. From this point on, there was a noticeble progress, and her talents began to unfold. She is still humble/shy in real life, but she's become more assertive/competitive in sports. We try to choose images according to the skater's personality ('soul'). In her case, it’s impossible to choose just one thing, because of her talent and physical abilities, she can do anything, but what suits her best is kind of “graceful cat-like modern dance”, because by nature she is basically a kitty cat. (her ex "priestess of fire" - Alina being a tigress).
When Alina didnt have enough experience, 'acting' part of skating was affecting the technique of her jumps etc. The transformation into a black aggressive swan was too much for her to handle emotionally, and this was reflected in the elements. Then she got used to it, won some big international competitions, found her "feminine"confidence and her mental state's changed. From this point on, getting into the 'character' stopped messing with the jumps technique."
btw it's an old interview ...or he repeated himself. I kind of agree but mostly disagree with him, struggling with getting into a character being THE reason of Alina's bad jumps on olympic year and her getting over that after 'winning some'. Alina had a terrific and very difficult StSq with fast music and her head was all messed up after that, legs were tired, her transitions were very hard especially to 2A, it was a NEW program, very very difficult to help Alina grow (Lipnitskaya's mentioned it a lot) and Alina used to be always nervous doing any SP since its the first day and she wasnt mentally all in yet. I noticed Alina messes up programs she relates to the most - Black swan and Carmen, she is probably getting emotional and has no time to switch back since her programs are overloaded with transitions and have no air to breath and enjoy elements.