Jasmin Wölke hosts events in Essen bilingually, switching between German and English as the programme requires. International guests and German-speaking departments follow the same event, and neither side is reduced to listening.
English has long been a working language in the Ruhr area
Essen's corporate headquarters operate internationally: the energy business trades across borders, chemical distribution is at home in many markets, and project teams in construction and industry bring in experts from around the world. At townhalls, conferences and project meetings, colleagues who speak no German sit next to departments that prefer to explain their topic in German. A purely German moderation loses one group, a purely English one the other. Jasmin solves this with language direction: in the briefing she defines which programme items run in which language, and on stage she summarises key points briefly in the other language.
Structured switching instead of interpreting booths
Interpreting booths are expensive and create distance; a room wearing headphones does not discuss. For many formats in Essen, moderated switching is the better answer: welcome and framing bilingual, talks in the speaker's language, discussions wherever the audience takes them. Jasmin keeps the transitions so casual that no translation tone creeps in; her English comes from corporate years at Bosch, SAP and Volkswagen, not from a language course. At the Bosch Global Sales Summit, a corporate reference with more than 500 participants from 40 countries, she hosted three full days bilingually.
What language direction decides on site
Beforehand, Jasmin clarifies the language profile of your audience: how many understand both, who genuinely needs which language, which terms are fixed in the company. From this she builds a plan per programme item, aligned with speakers and show callers. On site she listens to the room: when questions come in English, the stage answers in English; when a German discussion gains speed, a short summary keeps the international guests on board. The programme stays one shared experience instead of two parallel events in the same hall. What travel across Germany costs is explained transparently in the moderator's travel costs.
Enquire about bilingual moderation in Essen
Describe the format, the audience and the expected language split through the contact form. After the briefing you receive a proposal for the language direction and an offer with a fixed price, travel from Ludwigsburg itemised transparently. The essentials sit in the hub bilingual moderation, other formats in the city on the Essen city page.