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Working memory is information temporarily held in the mind. It is used in the completion of mental tasks such as comprehending language, following instructions, and solving mathematical problems. Working memory also plays a very important role in simultaneous interpreting, which is a very complex task involving comprehending, translating and producing language at the same time. This paper attempts to find out factors interfering with working memory, causing the degradation of the efficiency and the quality of simultaneous interpreting, especially when the source language and the target language are very different in word order and syntactic structure. It also shows how to overcome the problems with working memory arising from differences in syntax and usage of the source and target languages. This paper shows, in terms of cognitive psychology, why word order restructuring, progressive sight translation, and deletion of redundant information are helpful in reducing time lag and removing factors troubling working memory.