Jasmin Wölke moderates events in Dortmund bilingually, switching between German and English in a guided way. International guests and German departments follow the same programme, and neither side is reduced to listening.
Where Dortmund has an English-speaking audience
The city's software development works across locations and time zones. Logistics research around the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics runs European projects. Insurers operate international IT programmes, and congresses at the Westfalenhallen draw guests from abroad. Many rooms in Dortmund therefore hold both groups: colleagues without German, and experts who explain their topic most precisely in German. Serving only one language loses the other half of the room. Jasmin serves both, without doubling the programme.
The briefing sets the language lines
Bilingual hosting does not succeed through improvisation but through a plan. In the briefing, Jasmin clarifies how many people in the room understand both languages and which terms are fixed in the company. The result is a language plan per programme item: a bilingual welcome, talks in the speaker's language, key messages summarised briefly. Her English comes from corporate years at Bosch, SAP and Volkswagen, not from a course. At the Bosch Global Sales Summit, a corporate reference with more than 500 participants from 40 countries, she sustained that approach for three full days.
In the room, the audience decides
On the event day, Jasmin listens to the room rather than to the script. If questions come in English, the answer stays in English. If a German discussion picks up speed, a short summary keeps international guests on board. A speaker who feels unsure in English gets their introduction in German and never loses the stage. This constant adjustment is what separates guided bilingual hosting from translation in lockstep. The article on how bilingual moderation works explains the method in detail.
Request bilingual moderation in Dortmund
Describe the format, the audience and the language split through the contact form. After the briefing you receive a proposed language plan and an offer with a fixed price. The hub page bilingual moderation covers the essentials, and the Dortmund city page lists all formats in the city.