Vasina Yekaterina A.

The article focuses on some distinctive features of public speeches in Chinese in their close connection with and influence on the very process of simultaneous interpretation from Chinese into Russian. Due to the syllabic word structure, unique rhythm, speed and other factors the Chinese language has unprecedented information density and lack of language redundancy, both negatively affecting simultaneous interpretation. The article also gives some practical recommendations on how to make better listening, understanding and interpreting in Chinese and get the old and new information in oral Chinese text.