Jasmin Wölke hosts events in Münster bilingually, in German and English. The conference host switches between the languages following a plan, so international guests can follow and the German part of the room stays engaged.
Where the doctoral researcher speaks English and the back office German
Münster's research recruits worldwide. At the battery research centre, in biomedicine and at the university hospital, many people work in English every day. At the same time, administration, insurance and agricultural trade remain German speaking. At symposia, annual receptions and townhalls, both worlds sit in the same room. Hosting only in German loses the international guests right after the welcome. Saying everything twice costs the evening. Jasmin solves this with a language plan: which programme point runs in English, which in German, what gets a short summary? That way nobody feels like a translation problem.
Switching languages is craft, not simultaneous equipment
Many organisers first think of interpreting booths when they hear two languages. For most formats in Münster that is too much apparatus. A host who speaks both languages at stage level carries the evening without extra technology. Jasmin spent her corporate career working in both languages and handles technical vocabulary with confidence, from cell chemistry to claims ratios. She guided the Bosch Global Sales Summit, a corporate reference with more than 500 participants from 40 countries, through an international programme. The switching felt effortless there because it was planned beforehand.
The language plan is built in the briefing
Before the event, Jasmin clarifies with you who sits in the room and who stands on stage. If the guest speaker presents in English, Jasmin summarises in German. If the audience asks questions in both languages, she repeats each question in the other one. Slides, videos and the printed programme are part of the planning. How this works in detail is described in how bilingual event hosting works. The format is explained on the bilingual hosting hub; all pages for the city are collected on the Münster city page.
Enquire about your bilingual event in Münster
Send the format, date, venue and the share of each language through the contact form. You will quickly receive an assessment and, after the briefing, a written offer with a fixed fee. For morning programmes Jasmin travels the day before.