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In English you can use conjunction to express two simultaneous actions:

> I was standing in front of an audience and presenting a new technology.

Or simply juxtapose two participles where one modifies the other:

> I was standing in front of an audience, presenting a new technology.

Am I correct to suppose that in Japanese you would use something like
立って、出していました (i.e. juxtaposed -te form verbs) for both variants?
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Simultaneous actions with the -te form
Yes, but there are multiple ways to say it. Just off the top of my head, I can
think of at least these:

  * 聴衆の前に立ち、新製品の発表を行った
  * 聴衆の前に立って、新製品の発表を行った
  * 聴衆の前に立ちつつ、新製品の発表を行った
  * 聴衆の前に立ちながら、新製品の発表を行った

Some of them has subtle nuances that others don't have, but I think all of
them are more or less interchangeable.
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