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automated receptionist message

German translation: automatische Empfangsnachricht


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English term or phrase:automated receptionist message
German translation:automatische Empfangsnachricht
Entered by: Ryan Armbrust Diaz
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19:34 Mar 4, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: automated receptionist message
Here's what the text says, I don't know whether they mean answering machines or these automated systems that forward your call to the appropriate call service team. Here's the context:

Viewing Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey in the year 2010 is a depressing experience.
According to this 1968 movie, by now we were supposed to have moon colonies and regular
passenger service on space planes. And anyone who struggles with **automated receptionist
messages** or programmable televisions knows that today’s computers are just as psychotic
as HAL 9000, only dumber.
Ryan Armbrust Diaz
Local time: 05:56
automatische Empfangsnachricht
Explanation:
automatische Empfangsnachricht

Ich würde es so sagen auch wenn recepionist = Empfangschef /- dame bedeutet
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INES Reisch
Spain
Local time: 05:56
Grading comment
Thanks, Ines.
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automatische Empfangsnachricht


Explanation:
automatische Empfangsnachricht

Ich würde es so sagen auch wenn recepionist = Empfangschef /- dame bedeutet

INES Reisch
Spain
Local time: 05:56
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Ines.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hans G. Liepert
2 mins
  -> vielen Dank Hans

agree  Ingeborg Gowans: das passt hier, und fwiw I hate automated systems like that!!
57 mins
  -> vielen Dank Ingeborg
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