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15. Telephone

Telèfon

Telephone

15.1 Asking for a long-distance call 15.2 Fax 15.3 Calling and asking for someone 15.4 Speaking on the phone 15.5 Answering the phone 15.6 Calling the operator for information

answering machine

contestador automàtic

be engaged (to)

correu electrònic

long-distance call

encàrrec, missatge

put through (to)

reverse charge call

cobrament a destinació

telephone booth

telephone directory

guia de telèfons

Asking for a long-distance call

Demanar conferència

I would like to make a long-distance call

Voldria fer una conferència internacional

How can I get a long-distance line?

Com puc aconseguir línia internacional?

What is the dialling code for Germany?

Per trucar a Alemanya, quin prefix he de marcar?

How much does phoning Rome for three minutes cost?

Quant val trucar tres minuts a Roma?

The line is crackling

Fa senyal de comunicar

I can't hear anything

I can't hear properly

No ho sento bé

There's static on the line

Se sent molt malament

We've been cut off

S'ha tallat la comunicació

Is there a night rate?

Hi ha tarifa nocturna?

What rate will I be charged at on public holidays?

Els festius, quina tarifa s'aplica?

Where can I buy some phonecards, please?

On venen targetes, sisplau?

How much does it cost to phone Buenos Aires for five minutes at the evening rate?

Quant val trucar cinc minuts a Buenos Aires, amb tarifa nocturna?

Fax

Fax

I would like to send a fax

Voldria enviar un fax

I want to send this two-sheet fax to my university

Vull enviar aquest fax de dos fulls a la meva universitat

Can I send a fax at the evening rate?

Puc enviar un fax amb tarifa nocturna?

May I give your fax number to receive an answer?

Puc donar el seu número de fax perquè m'enviïn resposta?

What is the dialling code from London?

Des de..., quin prefix s'ha de marcar?

My university will send me a fax

La meva universitat m'enviarà un fax

I would like to know if you have received a fax addressed to me

Voldria saber si ha arribat un fax a nom meu

Until what time can I pick up a fax?

Fins a quina hora puc passar a recollir un fax?

Calling and asking for someone

Trucar i demanar per algú

Is
- Jaume
- Rosa
at home, please?

Que hi ha
- el Jaume,
- la Rosa,
sisplau?

Could you put me through to
- Joan, please?
- the... Department, please?

Amb
- el Joan, sisplau?
- el Departament de...?

What time
- can I find him?
- can I find her?
- will he / she be at home?
- will he / she come back?
- can I phone him / her, please?

A quina hora
- el puc trobar?
- la puc trobar?
- serà a casa?
- tornarà?
- li puc trucar, sisplau?

Could I give him / her a message?

Podria donar-li un encàrrec?

Please tell him/her
- to phone me
- I'm going to phone him/her tomorrow
- I need to talk to him
- I need to talk to her

Digui-li que
- em telefoni, sisplau
- demà li trucaré
- necessito parlar amb ell
- necessito parlar amb ella

How late can I phone?

Fins a quina hora puc trucar?

I will phone later

Ja trucaré més tard

Speaking on the phone

Parlar per telèfon

Hello,
- Joan!
- Rosa!

Hola
- Joan!
- Rosa!

How's everything?

What are you doing?

I would like to see you

Voldria veure't

Hauríem de parlar

I need you to help me

Necessito que m'ajudis

Are you very busy?

Tens molta feina?

Why don't you come?

Per què no véns?

Do you want to come?

What do you think?

Què et sembla?

Drop by for a while

Passa un moment

I will come tomorrow

I can't believe it!

No m'ho puc creure!

That's impossible!

Of course, it is!

It's not convenient for me

Let me think about it

Deixa-m'ho pensar

I'll be expecting you

Podríem quedar

What time does it suit you?

A quina hora et va bé?

Would it be better for you
- this afternoon?
- tomorrow morning?

T'aniria bé
- aquesta tarda?
- demà al matí?

Where shall we meet?

Let's meet
- at the school
- on la Rambla

Quedem
- a la facultat
- a la Rambla

I'll ring off now
- I haven't any coins left!
- My phonecard is running out
- I'm calling from a telephone booth

Penjo,
- que no em queden monedes!
- que s'acaba la targeta
- que sóc en una cabina telefònica

See you tomorrow!

Answering the phone

Respondre al telèfon

This is... speaking

No, he/she is not in

De part de qui?

Who wants to talk to him/her?

She / He will be here
- in a while
- for lunch
- in the afternoon
- for dinner
- in the evening

Vindrà
- d'aquí a una estona
- a l'hora de dinar
- a mitja tarda
- a l'hora de sopar
- cap al tard

He is out / She is out

She / He will come back
- tomorrow
- the day after tomorrow
- next week

Tornarà
- demà
- demà passat
- la setmana que ve

He/ She doesn't live here any more

Ja no viu aquí

She / He left
- a few days ago
- one week ago
- two months ago

Se n'ha anat
- fa pocs dies
- fa una setmana
- fa dos mesos

Do you want me to give her / him a message?

Vol que li doni algun encàrrec?

Please call back later

Truqui més tard, sisplau

I don't understand you

Could you repeat that, please?

M'ho pot repetir, sisplau?

Please speak slowly

Parli a poc a poc, sisplau

I'm sorry. Wrong number

Ho sento, s'equivoca

Calling the operator for information

Trucades a informació

I would like to know the timetable for
- the train to...
- the bus to...

Voldria saber l'horari
- dels trens a...
- dels autobusos a...

Could you please give me the telephone number for the Catalan Library

Em pot donar el número de telèfon de la Biblioteca de Catalunya?

Can I buy theatre tickets over the phone?

Es poden comprar entrades de teatre per telèfon?

Do you know what
- the Science Museum
- the Miró Foundation
opening hours are?

Tenen l'horari
- del Museu de la Ciència?
- de la Fundació Miró?

What time do the Montjuïc fountains go on?

Quin horari tenen les fonts de Montjuïc?

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