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on call

French translation: en ligne (occupé)

11:04 Feb 13, 2021
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance / Agent / team availability
English term or phrase: on call
Agent / team availability for service :

Idle (Agent is available)
On Call(during the call)
Off Call (after call work/other) / available for other tasks
Marilyn D.
France
Local time: 00:08
French translation:en ligne (occupé)
Explanation:
Tout simplement...
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Laurent Di Raimondo
France
Local time: 00:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2en ligne (occupé)
Laurent Di Raimondo
5Être d’astreinte
Nathalie Beaudelot
3 +1actuellement en communication
Tony M
4Appel en cours
MassimoA
4 -1engagé avec un client
Daryo


Discussion entries: 1





  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Être d’astreinte


Explanation:
n/a

Nathalie Beaudelot
Ireland
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Renate Radziwill-Rall
1 hr
agree  Maïté Mendiondo-George
1 hr
disagree  Tony M: Different 'call' here; from the context, this must mean 'already occupied on a call'
3 hrs
disagree  Daryo: CL5++: not in this case // further explanation n/a ...
6 hrs
neutral  ph-b (X): Pas impossible, mais difficile d'être absolument certain ici.
22 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
actuellement en communication


Explanation:
Not the usual sense of someone who is standing by 'on call'

Tony M
France
Local time: 00:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: in principle yes, but we don't know the exact nature of this "call" - it might be "being on a phone / teleconference call" or also "calling" at client's premises ... // "engagé avec un client"?
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Daryo! I'm pretty confident, from the clues in the general context, that this is indeed a PHONE call; I believe if it had been a visit, they'd have put something like "out on a call" — the relevant point being they were 'out' of the office.
agree  ph-b (X): Plausible, mais « actuellement » ne me semble pas nécessaire.
18 hrs
  -> Merci, Ph_B !
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
en ligne (occupé)


Explanation:
Tout simplement...

Laurent Di Raimondo
France
Local time: 00:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 7
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: "occupé" peut-être, mais une personne étant "en ligne"? Ça m'écorche les oreilles ... AUSSI "to be on a call" peut aussi vouloir dire "allez chez le client" (suite à un appel du client) = sortir dehors! // =>"être chez le client" = "en ligne" ??
8 hrs
agree  ph-b (X)
13 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
18 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
On Call
engagé avec un client


Explanation:
as part of this specific list:

Agent / team availability for service:

Idle (Agent is available)
On Call (during the call)
Off Call (after call work/other) / available for other tasks

"On Call" means "busy with a client" - implied: not available to take any new "call" if it comes.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2021-02-14 04:29:22 GMT)
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"after call work" would suggest that each "call" involves some kind of "work" to be done.

Usually just talking on the phone would not be called "work", although it is a kind of "work".

Anyway, whatever is the exact nature of the "call" and of the "call work", "engagé avec un client" can't be wrong.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  ph-b (X): Anglicisme (« engagé ») + barbarisme (« engagé avec »). Ça fait quand même beaucoup pour quatre mots d'un locuteur natif.
15 hrs
  -> Vous vous plaignez parce que c'est supposé être un anglicisme? Il y en a tellement que je demande parfois pourquoi je me suis donné la peine d'apprendre le français... Ah oui, je m'en souviens maintenant - je n'avais pas vraiment le choix à l'époque.
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2 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Appel en cours


Explanation:
La situation est pendant l'appel, lorsque l'agent est en ligne avec toi.

MassimoA
Italy
Local time: 00:08
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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