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Irish - German Wedding

  • 15-02-2016 8:11am
    #1
    evil_seed
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    Just looking to be pointed in the right direction for a billingual celebrant for a civil ceremony in 2017. Obviously they will need to speak both English and German going by the title. Anything I've googled points to people in the states or the Catholic church and wedding courses (yuck)
    Any and all help greatly appreciated


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  • #2
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Can a family member not translate for those needing it.

    We had a friend translate for my wife's family. She sat beside them.


  • #3
    Here Comes The Trio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭Here Comes The Trio


    We have played a few ceremonies where one half was not Irish and they weren't translated. One was in a church and one was a Humanist off the top of my head, and they were Irish-Polish and Irish-German. What they did was just said most of the ceremony in English, and then translated any readings. One of them had a poem printed on the scroll in English and only read out in German. The legal bits were just done in English. Not sure if for a HSE ceremony it's required to have it translated, but maybe it's something you want so that everyone feels included? There are ways to go about it by having friends and family members from both sides read out in their respective languages, but I don't know how you'd go about finding a bilingual celebrant..


  • #4
    Jawgap
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    Contact the Goethe Institute - they might know someone.


  • #5
    dori_dormer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭dori_dormer


    You could do tact the humanist celebrants and ask if any are german speakers? You could also have the ceremony in English but have it translated Into german in booklets for the german speakers?


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