2012-03-15, 14:26 | Link #1 |
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Out of Office Messages - Anyone fluent in French?
Could anyone fluent in French translate this for me please?
"AFK... Will be back on March 1st. Please leave your message after the full stop." I would use a machine translation but I want it to sound native. Also, if anyone can think of any subtle Anime/Game/Manga related out-of-office messages that a normal person wouldn't pick up but fans will, let me know too. Nothing ecchi though =P
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2012-03-15, 15:08 | Link #2 |
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Can you clarify on three things:
1. Are you really sure you want to say away from keyboard in a voice recording? 2. Is this your personal voice recording? Like "I'll be back in the office on March 1st"? or is it something like "This office is closed. We will be available again on March 1st" 3. Is this an actual vocal message or text in a blog/article/literature? That also makes a difference. *I'll try to help you out when you clarify. But I gonna be out for rest of tonight so expect reply tmr or something |
2012-03-15, 16:30 | Link #4 | |
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It's just an automated reply in emails which is why I put "AFK" in it. I want it to be in a serious tone but with "leave a message after the full stop", hopefully they'll get I'm joking around
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2012-03-16, 07:01 | Link #6 |
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AFK is a purely English (away from keyboard) acronym, so you might want to replace it (if your colleagues are internet lingo-illiterate) by "Je suis maintenant en déplacement" or "Je ne suis pas disponible pour le moment".
But you can add "après le bip sonore" ("after the beep/tone") if you want to make it clear it's a joke. Or add "don't forget to push the star button to conclude your message" ("N'oubliez pas de presser la touche étoile pour conclure votre message").
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