Include More Than One Language

This chapter introduces a few techniques that can be applied in situations where a presenter may be presenting to colleagues whose first language is not the same as his own. Given the pervasiveness of this global communication culture, it should come as no surprise that the people he is communicating with may have a different primary language. Accommodating those language needs is one of the strongest moves that the presenter makes as an effective and aware communicator. It is essential to determine well in advance of the presentation if the presenter needs to address translation at all in the slides. The approach of writing in one language and talking in another might seem more natural than anything else. Another approach is to design dual-language slides by splitting the slides. Yet another approach is to create slides in the presenter's language, and use his slideware application's notes feature to document translation.