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accueil physique et téléphonique

English translation: greeting visitors and answering telephone calls

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French term or phrase:accueil physique et téléphonique
English translation:greeting visitors and answering telephone calls
Entered by: Calou

11:13 Jul 19, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: accueil physique et téléphonique
Job description of a secretary.
Many thanks
Calou
Local time: 06:15
greeting visitors and answering telephone calls
Explanation:
The term is best described in receptionist job decriptions, see below:
Selected response from:

Karine S
France
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
Merci Karine
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6greeting visitors and answering telephone calls
Karine S
3 +1welcoming (visitors/people) and answering/taking telephone calls
mimi 254
4 -1welcoming and telephoning
Laura Rogers
3 -1Greeting clients in person and on the phone, marketing, receipt and dispatch of mail
Angus Stewart


  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Accueil physique et téléphonique, prospection, réception et envoi courriers
Greeting clients in person and on the phone, marketing, receipt and dispatch of mail


Explanation:
This could be expressed in a number of ways, but this is my suggestion. I would interpret "prospection" as relating to marketing.

Angus Stewart
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: a bit of over-translation imo
39 mins
disagree  Julie Barber: there's no mention of marketing or mail
52 mins
  -> There were originally several terms included within the question, but these were removed after the asker was made aware of the Kudoz rules.
neutral  Layla de Chabot: How can one extrapolate like this ? Edit: OK, I understand now, sorry about the "disagree" comment.
1 hr
  -> I accept that that would be a legitimate criticism, but I was not extrapolating. In fact, the question was altered after I submitted my answer.
disagree  AllegroTrans: You have added stuff that is not in the original
9 hrs
  -> Does your comment refer to the "original" or amended version of this question?
agree  Sheila Wilson: The first part of your answer seems fine for the revised question
1 day 33 mins
  -> Thanks Sheila, much appreciated.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
welcoming (visitors/people) and answering/taking telephone calls


Explanation:
or attending people over the phone

mimi 254
Local time: 05:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Yes, but not "attending people over the phone".
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
greeting visitors and answering telephone calls


Explanation:
The term is best described in receptionist job decriptions, see below:

Example sentence(s):
  • Receptionists and information clerks answer telephones, route and screen calls, greet visitors,
  • The title "receptionist" is attributed to the person who is specifically employed by an organization to receive or greet any visitors, patients, or clients and answer telephone calls.

    Reference: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos134.htm
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptionist
Karine S
France
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci Karine

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Barber
31 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Pablo Strauss
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  cmwilliams (X)
2 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  AllegroTrans
7 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  writeaway: yup, it's this simple. not difficult
8 hrs
  -> thank you
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
welcoming and telephoning


Explanation:
The general context of the sentence is requring that the secratary will be welcoming visitiors as well as making calls. However there is a poetic rhythm to this phrase and I would suggest to keep the same pattern and would therefore sound better to say welcoming and telephoning

Laura Rogers
Local time: 05:15
Native speaker of: Native in IrishIrish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: I think this is about receiving telephone calls, not making them
2 hrs
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