The tutorial covers the basics of translation cursive, which provides translation of the speech after it is fully listened to and does not require interrupting the speaker's speech. The system of exercises presented in the manual is designed to ensure the formation of skills and consecutive translation skills with notes, stimulates the intellectual activity of the student and helps him overcome the dangerous tendency to literally copy the forms of the original text in the translation. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standard of higher education of the latest generation. The manual is intended for students of higher educational institutions of the Humanities, studying in the specialty 45.05.01 "Translation and translation studies".