Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
tél (b) / (d)
English translation:
phone (office / home)
French term
Canada
Tél (b), tél. (d)
"Tél (d)" probably means "home phone" but I'm sure about "Tel. (b)." If the form were in English, I would assume it means "business phone" - but it is entirely in French.
Thanks for your help.
| 1 +8 | Phone (home / office) |
Tony M
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Jan 18, 2019 23:55: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "Application form for psychological services (in Ontario)" to "On an application form for psychological services (in Ontario)"
Jan 19, 2019 02:10: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jan 23, 2019 17:10: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/28247">Wyley Powell's</a> old entry - "Tél (b), tél. (d)"" to ""Phone (home / office)""
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Proposed translations
Phone (home / office)
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Note added at 19 hrs (2019-01-19 17:16:06 GMT)
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Looking at it the other way round: what other word might be used in FR for 'work'? I doubt they'd use b for boulot, nor t for travail, and even if someone were a blue-collar worker, they'd probably prefer to flatter them by putting 'bureau' rather than upset a PDG by putting a = atelier :-))
| Of course! I feel so silly not figuring out that "b" = bureau! Thanks so much much. |
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