Chairing a bilingual meeting
The aim when chairing a bilingual meeting is to encourage everyone to use their chosen language, and to make it completely natural and easy for people to speak in Welsh.
The chairperson will have an important role to play in establishing the mood of the meeting. Click here for useful guidelines.
Click on the play buttons below to hear phrases in Welsh that could be used when chairing a bilingual meeting.
| Welcome to the meeting | Croeso i'r Cyfarfod | |
| Bilingual meeting | Cyfarfod dwyieithog | |
| Simultaneous translation | Gwasanaeth cyfieithu ar y pryd | |
| Introducing the translator | Cyflwyno'r cyfieithydd | |
| Checking the headsets | Gwirio'r clustffonau | |
| Accepting the minutes | Cadarnhau cofnodion | |
| Any questions? | Unrhyw gwestiynau? | |
| Introducing an agenda item | Cyflwyno eitem agenda | |
| Matters arising | Materion yn codi | |
| Asking for a point to be minuted | Gofyn i bwynt gael ei gofnodi | |
| Sending items to the secretary | Anfon eitemau at yr ysgrifennydd | |
| Thanking the translator | Diolch i'r cyfieithydd | |
| Closing the meeting | Cloi'r cyfarfod |