Dış görünüşte bir sümsük gibi görünüyor. Fakat özünde onu zorlu bir delege yapan sağlam bir iradesi var. - He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough negotiator.
If you describe someone as a softie, you mean that they are very emotional or that they can easily be made to feel sympathy towards other people. He's just a big softie. someone who is easily affected by feelings of pity or sympathy, or who is easily persuaded