[OSList] Tips for working with Translators during Open Space event
Michael M Pannwitz via OSList
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Tue Feb 23 15:00:34 PST 2016
My pleasure, Andrew.
Its no secret that a lot of os-work is happening all over the planet.
And its also no secret in general that we os-practitioners are a shy
crowd, hiding most of the tremendous stuff we are doing. I keep
wondering why only a tiny fraction of our work is documented... seems to
me that documenting more of what we do is a simple way of spreading the
word. The 793 events recorded by some 60 of us in the worldscape
represent probably only 0,001% of what is actually taking place.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
On 23.02.2016 22:02, Andrew Rixon wrote:
> Thanks Michael.
>
> And thanks also for sharing the openspaceworldscape link.
>
> Australia looks a bit scarce on the map - but there is plenty happening
> here. ;-)
>
> Warm regards,
> Andrew
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Michael M Pannwitz
> <mmpannwitz at gmail.com <mailto:mmpannwitz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Dear Andrew, Lisa, Birgitt and you others,
>
> a few years ago I was asked to facilitate an event in the northeastern
> corner of Poland with folks across the border from Lithuania also
> attending. The sponsor asked two translators to translate my US-American
> introduction into Polish and Lithuanian. They walked the circle behind
> me as Lisa also described. One effect was that I constantly had little
> breaks to focus on the next thing to say and the participants had
> various inputs they could understand in different languages (my
> assumption: all understood their mother tongue, of course and most had
> at least some rudimentary language skills in the other languages
> spoken).
> All posters were in the three languages and issues were written on
> sheets that had been folded into three spaces, so that translations
> could be added by other participants.
> I was wondering how they would manage in the breakout sessions. To my
> surprise, a number of the breakout sessions used Russian... so there was
> a common language? On inquiry, I was told that it would never do to use
> Russian in an event like this, at least not in the "official" parts.
> Ok, be prepared to be surprised.
>
> Here is a short summary of some aspects of this event back in 2002 as
> recorded in the Open Space worldscape
>
> http://openspace-landschaft.de/an_veran.asp?veranstaltungId=1041&sprache=en&von_seite=ue_veranstaltung.asp&ds=10&branche=&begleiterId=9&anzeigeOrtId=0
>
>
> Reading through this report I noticed that I did not include the
> part about Russian in my note... hmmm? Political correctness?
>
> A few years later, Harrison came to Berlin and did his three day
> Practice of Peace event. Every day starts with a lecture followed by
> an open space on the theme of the lecture. On the first day,
> Harrison introduced the process, on the second day a colleague from
> Russia did it in Russian and on the third day I did it without using
> spoken words.
> To me, the most memorable moment was during the Russian introduction
> (not being translated) when pretty much at the beginning a
> participant ran to the Russian colleague, kneeled in front of her
> pleading, in English, to please translate her introduction. At that
> moment, his friend that he sat next to in the circle called out:
> "Hey, come back here, I know Russian and can translate for you if
> you like!"
> This was a hilarious intervention that not only stopped the space
> invader but also demonstrated how hidden the ressources in the group
> are even for people in the know (friends).
>
> From all this and other situations I learned to ask questions when
> the issue of translation arose (especially when the sponsor of the
> event does not come from the local context). This often leads to
> "one less thing to do" and to make more space for the forces of
> selforganisation to do its thing.
>
> Yes, lets hear how things went and I invite you to deposit a note
> about this event in the Open Space worldscape, a data base with
> presently 793 events recorded, here is the link, its in English and
> German
>
> http://openspaceworldscape.org/
>
>
> cheers
> mmp
>
>
> 22.02.2016 22 <tel:22.02.2016%2022>:18, Andrew Rixon via OSList wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm helping a client prepare for an Open Space event - 400 people,
> and within the audience there will be a group of 10-20 koreans who
> will require a translator.
>
> I'd love to hear stories and tips on what people have found to work
> well...
>
> Warm regards, Andrew
>
> -- Andrew Rixon PhD Director Babel Fish Group W:
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> Michael M Pannwitz
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> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 402 resident Open
> Space Workers in 67 countries working in a total of 143 countries
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> --
> Andrew Rixon PhD
> Director
> Babel Fish Group
> W: http://www.babelfishgroup.com
> E: andrew at babelfishgroup.com <mailto:andrew at babelfishgroup.com>
> M: +61400 352 809
> F: +61(0)3 8610 0162
>
> *Come join Bob Dick and I on April 12th and 13th in Melbourne for:*
> "Kickstarting Change that Lasts: How to flatten hierarchies, build
> relationships and get work done!
> <http://kickstartingchangemelbourne2016.eventbrite.com.au>"
> <http://kickstartingchangemelbourne2016.eventbrite.com.au>
> An innovative program on applying Open Space Technology and Action Learning
>
>
--
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49 - 30-772 8000
Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 402 resident Open
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