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232 months ago

Christina Seiler (a guest user) asked this question:

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232 months ago

   wrote:

Can we make an apointment shortly for a phone consultation/to talk over the telephone? (or possibly: for a conference call)

My comment:

I think you'd want to make clear that this is a request to make a date for a telephone conversation, or possibly for a conference call, depanding on the context, and NOT announcing a call to set up a generic appointment.

232 months ago

Nicola Devlin   wrote:

Make an appointment over the phone

My comment:

We can certainly make an oppointment over the phone very soon. Please let me know.

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232 months ago

Charles Warcup   wrote:

I've wondered about this before now - is it a question of making an appointment by phone or fixing a time to have a (more extensive) conversation on the phone?

232 months ago

Nicola Devlin   wrote:

It's definitely to make an appointment on the phone to arrange a date for a meeting to have a more in-depth conversation.

232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de   wrote:

Sorry, Nicola, that's wrong. "Telefontermin" is a "date on the phone", a fixed appointment for a telephone conversation - no personal meeting involved at all! You can have such with lawyers, teachers, doctors (e.g. for test results), all kinds of managers, representatives, officers, PAs ... that's ordinary business. Today you even have chat appointments in selected chatrooms, with or without webcams, as an alternative to video conferences. The trend clearly goes towards less personal contact, unfortunately.

232 months ago

Bettina In der Wische   wrote:

arrange an appointment for a conversation on the telephone

My comment:

mir wuerde fuer das Wort keine direkte Uebersetzung einfallen

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232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de   wrote:

This is it!

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