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At 05:03 PM 4/27/2002 +1000, denis wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> I have not worked in a
similiar situation since. However what I would<br>
have liked to try was 2 interpreters. One to talk for me and one to
listen<br>
for me. Hopefully that way I would have got all of the asides
etc.</blockquote><br>
On the subject of listening to "asides" -- I have a rather
different take. A substantial number of the Spaces I open occur in
situations where the language spoken is not my own. In the past 4 months,
this has included Serbian, Hebrew, Arabic, Swedish and Beloxi (a strange
tongue they speak in Mississippi). I find that missing out on the words
forces me to a deeper level of communication -- that 95% done without
words. My relationship to the group is mediated by such things as
movement (dance) smell, gut feelings (intuition), taste, color to name a
few. By missing out on all the good gossip, I find that I am much more
attuned to the flavor of the whole group -- which I think is where my
attention should be in order to be fully present to the whole body of
folks. So what might seem like a disadvantage is, in my experience, a
real plus. I have never felt that I missed anything essential, and it
also seems to carry over into English speaking environments -- where it
is all too easy to get trapped by the discussion and then move into the
"expert, fix-it" role.<br><br>
Harrison <br><br>
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