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español term

spanruss

Estados Unidos

1586 questions

CT

español al inglés Negocios/Finanzas Telecomunicaciones

This acronym appears in the address footer of a document from the Instituto Nacional de Salud in Peru and obviously precedes the main telephone number. All of their phone numbers on the Internet only contain the "T". What does the "C" stand for?

Contacto de Teléfono?
Something else?

Proposed translations (inglés)

5 +2	Central Telefónica	Helena Chavarria
4	PABX/switchboard	Jennifer Levey

Discussion

spanruss (asker) Apr 11, 2017: I'm skeptical about my own supposition of "contacto de teléfono". Usually this is followed by an individual's (the contact person) name.
spanruss (asker) Apr 11, 2017: Yes, it matters to this client. They want the acronym broken down into Spanish in brackets and translated into English in parentheses.
philgoddard Apr 11, 2017: Yes, contacto is one possibility. But does it really matter what it stands for, if the meaning is clear?

Proposed translations

48 minutos

Helena Chavarria

España

1837 answers

Native in inglés

Selected

Central Telefónica

Ministerio de Salud
del Perú

Av. Salaverry 801 Jesús María Lima / Perú
Atención: Lunes a Viernes 8.30 a.m. a 4.30 p.m.
Central Telefónica (51-1) 315-6600

http://www.minsa.gob.pe/?op=51¬a=18838

Now I need to find how to translate it!

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Note added at 51 mins (2017-04-11 19:48:51 GMT)
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I've found 'Central Office'.

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Note added at 58 mins (2017-04-11 19:55:36 GMT)
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Visitors may contact the main switchboard to obtain an extension or office number.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/electronics_ele...

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St Bartholomew's Hospital
West Smithfield
London
EC1A 7BE

Switchboard: 020 3416 5000

http://bartshealth.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/st-bartholomew’s-hos...

Corporate enquiries: please phone the NHS England switchboard on 0113 825 0000

https://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/

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For corporate or enterprise use, a private telephone exchange is often referred to as a private branch exchange (PBX), when it has connections to the public switched telephone network. A PBX is installed in enterprise facilities, typically collocated with large office spaces or within an organizational campus to serve the local private telephone system and any private leased line circuits. Smaller installations might deploy a PBX or key telephone system in the office of a receptionist.

The caption under one of the photos:
'A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange

Peer comment(s):

agree	philgoddard : Switchboard. 2 minutos
	I thought of that, but it might be a call centre/center or help desk. Cheers, Phil :-)
agree	MarinaM 13 minutos
	Thank you, Marina :-)

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Helena!"

51 minutos

Jennifer Levey

Chile

8464 answers

Native in inglés

Specializes in field

PABX/switchboard

CT = "central terminal", which is the point at which the public telco's phone line enters the client's building and hands calls over to the clients in-house (private) exchange, known as a PABX (private automatic branch exchange).

The phone number associated with CT/PABX will be the client's switchboard operator/reception clerk, who handles incoming calls that are not directed directly to internal numbers.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_telefónica