mobilsvar

English translation: mobile voicemail

18:18 Aug 2, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
Swedish term or phrase: mobilsvar
Please respond only if you regularly use UK English; no Yanks need apply. Is there a preference between "mobile voice mail" and "mobile voicemail" in the UK? (The "mobile" part is essential in this particular instance.)
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 16:55
English translation:mobile voicemail
Explanation:
Just checked messages on my iPhone (UK Vodafone).

Heading: Voicemail
Message: Voicemail has 1 new message(s). Please dial 121.
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Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1mobile voicemail
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
5mobile voice mail
George Hopkins


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mobile voicemail


Explanation:
Just checked messages on my iPhone (UK Vodafone).

Heading: Voicemail
Message: Voicemail has 1 new message(s). Please dial 121.

Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 6
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! My CAT tool's spellchecker balked at the one-word version – good to know it needs some updating.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian Giles: Definitely a compound
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
mobile voice mail


Explanation:
Possibly mobile voice-mail.
Ref. Collins: voice mail.

George Hopkins
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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