Viktor Sukhodrev

Viktor Sukhodrev
Viktor Mikhaylovich Sukhodrevwas a Soviet Russian personal interpreter for among others, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev and Alexey Kosygin...
cannot level rightly simply
An interpreter at that level cannot - not 'should not' - simply cannot, make a mistake. He cannot. No way. Well, if he did he'd be out, and rightly so.
cannot simply stop
You cannot stop to ponder. You just can't. If you do, you fail. You simply stop.
close delicate depends fine remember
You always have to remember your place. You can be close to the person, but you must know who you are and who he is. It's a fine balance. A delicate balance. It depends on your upbringing.
almost bringing feeling mystical otherwise people
It's an almost mystical feeling that you are bringing people together, people who otherwise would never be able to communicate.