Lori Levisen & Bob Waegell
Sacramento Wedding Officiants
Co-Creating magical moments
to treasure for a lifetime.
Sacramento Wedding Officiants
Co-Creating magical moments
to treasure for a lifetime.
Creating magical moments
to treasure for a lifetime.
to treasure for a lifetime.
Bilingual Wedding Services
Bob is almost bilingual ;-)Many couples complain about how hard it is to find an officiant who is bilingual. Bob can help!
He has an ear for languages and can learn to read them for wedding ceremonies. (He probably would not be able to participate in conversations with your guests, however.)
He grew up on a farm, worked alongside field laborers and sheepherders from Mexico, Spain and Peru, and thereby learned some Spanish. (But most of what he learned shouldn’t be repeated at a wedding!)
He now gets far less practice in Spanish and his ears have slowed, but his pronunciation remains good and, with advance preparation and some potential assistance with translation, he can read Spanish convincingly.
He has also performed selected portions of wedding ceremonies in Portuguese and Arabic, and will soon try Japanese!
There are professional translators available as well and Lori has performed a wedding where the American family found a Japanese translator through one of the local colleges.
When we work with a translator, we will provide them a copy of the ceremony in English so they can translate it into the required language. In the above-mentioned example, Lori performed the entire ceremony by saying one phrase or sentence at a time, which was then repeated by the translator. Some couples choose to only translate their vows and a few especially poignant passages. The ceremony may take a bit longer, but it is truly a beautiful bi-cultural experience.
Lori
Levisen and Bob Waegell
We would love to help you create a warm, personal
ceremony to share with your favorite people on your wedding day.
llevisen@yahoo.com
rhwaegell@yahoo.com