Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
please call
German translation:
Falls Sie einen Übersetzer benötigen, rufen Sie uns bitte an: 000-0000-0000
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-07-03 00:54:17 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
English term
please call
For the above sentence I wanted to use "rufen Sie an" but unfortunately the phone number needs to come after the colon as there is a list of languages.
Would it be appropriate to use "telephonieren Sie:" or is this verb quite uncommon in German?
Would it need a preposition afterwards also?
I'm just stuck and I can't use anrufen.
Could anybody help me out with this as I've an urgent delivery in about three hours.
"Falls Sie eine Ubersetzerin brauchen, bitte telephonieren Sie:"
Many thanks!
Jun 30, 2011 04:44: Joan Hass changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jun 30, 2011 07:59: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "Computers: Software" to "Telecom(munications)" , "Field (write-in)" from "telephonieren Sie" to "(none)"
Non-PRO (3): Johanna Timm, PhD, Nicole Schnell, Joan Hass
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Proposed translations
United States
Award winning Advertising/Marketing
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
Falls Sie einen Übersetzer benötigen, rufen Sie uns bitte an: 000-0000-0000
Also: Why "Übersetzerin"? Is this girls only? :-)
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Joan Hass
: hatte den gleichen Gedanken
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Danke, Joan!
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British Diana
: A Stephanie instead of a Stephen?
6 hrs
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:-) Thanks, Diana! :-)
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Canada
Friendly, fast & certified!
Native in: German (Variants: Germany, Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Austrian)
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
rufen Sie (einfach/bitte) die folgende Nummer an:...
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BrigitteHilgner
: Verständlich und gutes Deutsch.
5 hrs
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Anja C.
: oder: erreichen Sie uns unter der Nummer x.
20 hrs
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Anruf genügt, an:
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Nicole Schnell
: Sorry, you can't write: "Rufen Sie:" without "an". Sounds like "please yell out loud".
8 mins
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Well thank you!
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Germany
34 years of experience in translation
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, French to German
Einen Übersetzer erreichen Sie unter der Nummer 123
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Nicole Schnell
: I would love this version - however, if you click on the asker's name, you will see that he represents an agency and I doubt that anyone will get hold of a translator directly.
1 hr
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Thank you, Nicole. You are right.
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