Quote Originally Posted by Romik View Post
We have "собеседник", a quite usual word and a Russian-English dictionary translates it to you as "interlocutor" but English speakers seem more like to say - conversation partner, listener, person to talk to - as I take it.

Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
Though, getting off topic a little bit...
Yes, I agree :]
Though Romik makes a good point about how interlocutor is understood in English.
An English speaker who uses interlocutor may just be utilizing their extensive vocabulary.
I've never come across that word in any english classes or books, so I would definitely say it's rarely used. But that doesnt mean people dont know about it at least. :]