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"Out of Office"

Dutch translation: Niet aanwezig

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English term or phrase:Out of Office
Dutch translation:Niet aanwezig
Entered by: Orla Ryan

11:58 Dec 10, 2004
English to Dutch translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics / general e-mail
English term or phrase: "Out of Office"
I want to use this for e-mail absence notification, how do you say "Out of Office" in Dutch? :)

Thank you :)
Orla Ryan
Ireland
Local time: 15:16
"Niet aanwezig"
Explanation:
"Niet aanwezig"

This literally means 'not present' and is the standard term used by Microsoft.

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-12-10 12:10:19 GMT)
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typo: and IT is
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vixen
Greece
Local time: 17:16
Grading comment
thanks everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9"Niet aanwezig"
vixen
4Niet op kantoor
Silvy Codde (X)
3afwezigheidsassistent
neush


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Out of office
Niet op kantoor


Explanation:
Niet op kantoor

Silvy Codde (X)
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
"Niet aanwezig"


Explanation:
"Niet aanwezig"

This literally means 'not present' and is the standard term used by Microsoft.

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-12-10 12:10:19 GMT)
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typo: and IT is

vixen
Greece
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  seaMount
1 hr
  -> Bedankt seaMount
agree  René Knoop
1 hr
  -> Bedankt René
agree  Chris Hopley: In my version of Outlook you can choose between "ik ben aanwezig" or "ik ben afwezig"...
1 hr
  -> Makes sense. However, the MS glossary for Outlook XP gives "Niet aanwezig" for "Out of Office", but "afwezigheidsmelding" and "sjablonen voor afwezigheid" for "Out of Office message" and "Out of Office templates".
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): of afwezig.
3 hrs
agree  Edith Kelly
6 hrs
agree  Henk Peelen: Misschien ver gezocht, maar 'ik ben afwezig' kan een negatieve betekenis hebben. Eeeeh 'afwezig, maar wel op kantoor' was ik bij 'wedge blocks' geloof ik.
7 hrs
agree  shineda
8 hrs
agree  11thmuse: Of "afwezig maar wel in kantoor" ;->
9 hrs
neutral  Jan Willem van Dormolen (X): De meeste mensen zeggen volgens mij 'Afwezig', hoewel 'Niet aanwezig' natuurlijk niet fout is.
21 hrs
agree  Liesbeth Huijer
1 day 2 hrs
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2 days 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
out of office
afwezigheidsassistent


Explanation:
De andere twee opties die hier staan kloppen ook, maar als je zoekt naar één woord, dan wordt deze wel gebruikt.

neush
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
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