Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 25, 2002 06:15
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English term
cold call
English to Chinese
Marketing
sales
How many cold calls do you make per day?
as in an interview with candidates for a sales representative job.
according to dictionaries, cold calls could be a visit or a phone call to somebody you dont know for sales purpose. but how do I tell whether it is a cold visit or a cold telephone call?
as in an interview with candidates for a sales representative job.
according to dictionaries, cold calls could be a visit or a phone call to somebody you dont know for sales purpose. but how do I tell whether it is a cold visit or a cold telephone call?
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 4 +2 | 陌生电话 |
Xiaoping Fu
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| 4 +5 | （向潜在的主顾打的）冷不防电话 |
Libin PhD
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| 4 +1 | Cold Call |
Scott Li
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| 5 | 搷亙椣琌ぃ甧﹨璶誹ゅ﹨睲琌鶍椓搹琌ゴ敪椷 |
mingqiang
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| 3 | 推销电话 |
Wei Jiang
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Proposed translations
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陌生电话
以上各位的解释都是正确的。但是，在实际的文章中，很少看到“冷不防电话”或“盲打推销电话”的说法。国内较多见的译法是“陌生电话”。用google 搜索“陌生电话”，得到480个网页，大多是关于推销的。
如果是cold visit，有人译为“陌生访问”。不过我建议译为“无预约访问”或“无预约来访”(例如no cold visit 译为“谢绝无预约来访”)。
至于是电话访问还是上门访问，字面上是无法分辨的，只能从上下文判断。好在cold call用作上门访问的情况比较少，也比较容易根据情境判断。"How many cold calls do you make per day? "这句话，显然是讲电话推销。cold call是电话推销员的基本功，也是考核业绩的基本指标之一。其他的技巧，如"revival" "win-back"等等，相对要容易一些。而cold visit则更困难，“十叩柴门九不开”，问“你一天能敲多少次门？”，意义不大。
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（向潜在的主顾打的）冷不防电话
据现代英汉词典：
cold call
n
（向潜在的主顾打的）冷不防电话
基本意思是向从来不认识的人打电话推销商品或服务。
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Note added at 2002-09-25 06:39:29 (GMT)
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cold call 当visit用时可译成意外访问，与打电话的区别只能从上下文来看，从这个词组本身是看不出来的。在该词组出现的语言环境中，大多数情况下应该是有一些线索能够帮助区分的。
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Note added at 2002-09-25 09:04:51 (GMT)
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做意外访问时，不一定是不认识的人，如入几个朋友很久没见面，突然碰到一起，然后决定不先打招呼，去看望另一位同样很久没见面的朋友，此时也可以说，let\'s give a cold call.
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Note added at 2002-09-25 09:07:53 (GMT)
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做意外访问时，不一定是不认识的人，如入几个朋友很久没见面，突然碰到一起，然后决定不先打招呼，去看望另一位同样很久没见面的朋友，此时也可以说，let\'s give a cold call.
作电话推销解时，也许可译成盲打推销电话，即不认识对方时打过去的。
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Note added at 2002-09-25 20:57:12 (GMT)
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我不喜欢上面字典里给的“冷不防电话”，冷不防往往指乘人不备时攻击某人，或恶作剧惊吓某人，这里完全没有这样的意思。
我同意Euro的意见，用“盲打推销电话”，虽然长了一点，但意思是对的。
cold call
n
（向潜在的主顾打的）冷不防电话
基本意思是向从来不认识的人打电话推销商品或服务。
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Note added at 2002-09-25 06:39:29 (GMT)
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cold call 当visit用时可译成意外访问，与打电话的区别只能从上下文来看，从这个词组本身是看不出来的。在该词组出现的语言环境中，大多数情况下应该是有一些线索能够帮助区分的。
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Note added at 2002-09-25 09:04:51 (GMT)
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做意外访问时，不一定是不认识的人，如入几个朋友很久没见面，突然碰到一起，然后决定不先打招呼，去看望另一位同样很久没见面的朋友，此时也可以说，let\'s give a cold call.
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Note added at 2002-09-25 09:07:53 (GMT)
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做意外访问时，不一定是不认识的人，如入几个朋友很久没见面，突然碰到一起，然后决定不先打招呼，去看望另一位同样很久没见面的朋友，此时也可以说，let\'s give a cold call.
作电话推销解时，也许可译成盲打推销电话，即不认识对方时打过去的。
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Note added at 2002-09-25 20:57:12 (GMT)
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我不喜欢上面字典里给的“冷不防电话”，冷不防往往指乘人不备时攻击某人，或恶作剧惊吓某人，这里完全没有这样的意思。
我同意Euro的意见，用“盲打推销电话”，虽然长了一点，但意思是对的。
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
zhiyu liu
9 mins
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| agree |
taoyuting
37 mins
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| agree |
Scott Li
: 盲打推销电话
6 hrs
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| agree |
Danbing HE
19 hrs
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| agree |
Sunshine Wang
3 days 21 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
Cold Call
suggest to stay it in English, this term is very hard to find a good translation in Chinese. I have seen once as 冷叫 but I don't think it is very good.
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Note added at 2002-09-26 14:54:23 (GMT)
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我覺得Bin的\"盲打推销电话\"較傳神也容易理解，可以建議為標準譯名。
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Note added at 2002-09-26 14:54:23 (GMT)
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我覺得Bin的\"盲打推销电话\"較傳神也容易理解，可以建議為標準譯名。
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sunshine Wang
: I saw some even translated into "冷打"! I would keep it in English. By the way, how should I pay you back the two points I owed you?-- Lu Yi asked us to split.
3 days 20 hrs
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yes, I would leave it in English or use Bin's suggestion. Be my guest, you take them all :-) or ask Lu Yi to pay me back in this Kudoz :-)))
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3 days 14 hrs
搷亙椣琌ぃ甧﹨璶誹ゅ﹨睲琌鶍椓搹琌ゴ敪椷
璶誹ゅ﹨睲琌鶍椓搹琌ゴ敪椷
4 days
推销电话
I guess this is simple and straightforward.
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