Monday, February 6, 2012
My fiance and I are from different countries and most of his family and friends speak either French or Portuguese, while mine speak mostly English. What are some fun ways to incorporate multiple languages into our wedding? We don't want to repeat everything 3 times, but we want everyone to feel included in our celebration of love. If you have any fun ideas, or have any experience with a similar situation, any feedback would be greatly appreciated :)|||play some of their music, serve some particular french food|||Have it on a completely didfferentanguage no one knows and then your all together use dictionary to comunicate|||He can say his vows in his language, you in yours (three might be a bit complicated) for ceremony itself
Music for the reception can be mixed (might need some help with good songs in foreign languages!)
You could send invitations to the guests in their language (careful not to mix them up and give english people a french invitation) as well as menus on the tables for a sit down dinner, or signs on bugger table, and if you have an itinerary (you know, ceremony 5pm reception 6 pm) you can have three versions. bit of an effort but will make them happy!
If you can have food from each of the countries (without being completely random!) it could be good too.
What venue are you having it in and in which country? You could print out some signage (bathroom etc) so people who dont speak the language can find their way. I fyou ask in advance you can probably find at least a few bilingual waiters so people don't keep running to you and your fiance for translations
i think if you have speeches, people can keep them short and they can be translated into one or two of the other languages
Are you mixing the guests on tables, or sort of segregating them by table? If you can find a way to do it nicely, maybe a mini dictionary/phrasebook could help guests communicate
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