In Taiwan, I would seldom participate in community meetings, but in Thailand I often attended the village councils. Sometimes I could only use my imagination when they were speaking, because I didn't want the workers to stop to translate for me. So, mostly I waited till the end of the meetings to clear up my questions.
在台灣我很少參加里民大會，在這裡倒是已經參加過不少次的村民大會了，常常只好自己想辦法神遊再加上一些想像力，因為不希望工作人員為了幫我翻譯而耽誤工作，所以常是等到會議結束後再發問。