Jan 7, 2011 08:00
13 yrs ago
Swedish term

passning (in this context)

Swedish to English Other Telecom(munications)
From a list of functions/services on a telephone: ..., passning, högtalarfunktion...
Grateful for any help.

Discussion

Christina Gisselberg Skaskiw (X) Jan 7, 2011:
Personal answering service I'm guessing here, which is why I'm posting it as a discussion entry, but I think they mean a service where your phone is redirected to a professional service that will take your calls when you can't do so yourself. They would answer with your company name and take a message, that sort of thing.

Proposed translations

1 hr

monitoring

Or: standby. Both from EriTerm.
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9 hrs

on-call attendance

Just guessing here; does give some relevant-looking Google hits.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2011-01-07 17:36:56 GMT)
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Or perhaps "call-taking (service)" (which also appears to give relevant Google hits) or even "call-taking assistance"...
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4 hrs

call holding; mute function

"call holding" is where the line is kept open but the party put "on hold" cannot hear what is being received by the called receiver.
"mute function" is an equivalent function performed at the called receiver itself rather than at the local exchange switch.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-01-07 19:39:14 GMT)
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(I misstated.) Actually, under "call holding" neither party can hear the other.
Under "mute function" the receiving party can hear the calling party, but the calling party cannot hear the receiving party.
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