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Why would you feel “invasive attending as an English native”?

• dijit 8y ago
  It obviously caters to German speakers and bilinguals more than English natives. I can’t attend 30-50% of the talks and I have no right to expect them to speak English there. It’s their country and community, I am just a visitor.
  • kerng 8y ago
    "Invasive" seems a bit strong of a word choice given that they have free translations volunteers for pretty much all talks (for multiple languages) and do a lot to welcome everyone.
  • arendtio 8y ago
    Actually, I think that might be a bit of an odd perspective. If the event was meant as a German event, there wouldn't be so many German speakers with English talks. For some German talks, they even provide simultaneous translated English audio tracks in the live stream portal. So while I appreciate your 'I am just a visitor' attitude, I don't think it is fair to assume that they don't welcome English natives (think about how much courage it takes to give a talk in a foreign language). I think the event culture is more along the lines 'Most visitors understand English, so we like English talks. But since the event is in Germany, German is okay too'.
  • dbrgn 8y ago
    There is simultaneous audio-translation of almost all German talks to English via DECT and in the stream.