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English translation: acquisition call

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Dutch term or phrase:acquirerend gesprek
English translation:acquisition call
Entered by: LAB2004

12:50 Jun 15, 2007
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Training
Dutch term or phrase: aquirerend gesprek
This is part of a training course for employees who may deal with customers; they are also involved in selling. I'm wondering how aquirerende fits in here and how to translate it. (I think it probably should be spelled with a c before the q.) I'm guessing that it could relate to the sales aspect(am still deliberating how to translate inkomende and uitgaande, but may post separately).

Telefoontraining; het inkomende, uitgaande en aquirerende gesprek.

Any thoughts gratefully received.
LAB2004
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:22
acquisition call
Explanation:
Acquisition call seems to be the appropriate term for a telephone training. In that case you could use 'incoming calls' and 'outgoing calls' for the other two terms.

In order to steadily increase the number of subscribers, acquisition calls are made to non-subscribers.
http://www.precisiontelemarketing.com/typesofcalls.htm

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Note added at 18 mins (2007-06-15 13:09:23 GMT)
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In other words, I think that what is meant here is a verkoop- or acquisitiegesprek.
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vixen
Greece
Local time: 14:22
Grading comment
Many thanks all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3acquisition call
vixen
4 +1sales call, sales cold call
Jack den Haan
3canvassing, acquisitional
Margreet Logmans (X)
2Prospecting call
Mark Shimmin
3 -2solicitation
swisstell
1relayed call
vic voskuil


  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
solicitation


Explanation:
:/)

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 13:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  vic voskuil: :/)
0 min
neutral  Harry Borsje: formally not incorrect, but even in it's full meaning probably too much beside the key issue here, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Solicitation
1 hr
disagree  Andre de Vries: this is French not English
3 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
relayed call


Explanation:
if it isn't incoming or outgoing, there's not an awful lot left but a customer who is being passed on to someone else (ie. the receiver of "het acquirerend gesprek") (which is preposterous Dutch btw...and begs for you to simply translate this as an acquired conversation ;)

vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 13:22
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  vixen: Ik vermoed dat het hier gewoon gaat om een verkoop- of acquisitiegesprek
5 mins
  -> ...is wel logischer, ik denk dat ik me blind gestaard heb op inkomend/uitgaand/X
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
acquisition call


Explanation:
Acquisition call seems to be the appropriate term for a telephone training. In that case you could use 'incoming calls' and 'outgoing calls' for the other two terms.

In order to steadily increase the number of subscribers, acquisition calls are made to non-subscribers.
http://www.precisiontelemarketing.com/typesofcalls.htm

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Note added at 18 mins (2007-06-15 13:09:23 GMT)
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In other words, I think that what is meant here is a verkoop- or acquisitiegesprek.

vixen
Greece
Local time: 14:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Many thanks all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harry Borsje
1 hr
agree  Margreet Logmans (X)
1 hr
agree  Saskia Steur (X)
5 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
canvassing, acquisitional


Explanation:
See link:
http://www.intervista.nl/entree/details.asp?cur=141
"Wat is acquisitie werkelijk, en wat betekent het voor u om deze taken uit te voeren?
- Welke competenties moet u in huis hebben om succesvol te acquireren?
- Hoe bereidt u een acquisitiegesprek voor?
- Hoe bouwt u een relatie met uw opdrachtgevers op?
- Wat zijn de do's en don'ts binnen relatiebeheer, netwerken en acquireren?"

You're right about the c, obviously.


Margreet Logmans (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 13:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 9

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Harry Borsje: canvassing zou een goede vertaling zijn voor het 'masseren van potentiële kopers' maar past niet helemaal in deze context
1 hr
  -> Klopt, het is wat Van Dale geeft voor 'acquisitie', maar helemaal tevreden ben ik ook niet. Ik vind Vixen's antwoord beter, maar kwam daar zelf niet op.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sales call, sales cold call


Explanation:
Wouldn't this same as a 'verkoopgesprek', i.e. a sales call? Or a 'sales cold call' if the salesman is starting from scratch? (the latter may be a typical US term, but 'sales call' as such is fairly "universal" English I would say.

http://www.is4profit.com/business-advice/sales-marketing/sal...
"To any business at any stage, sourcing new sales leads and recruiting new customers is crucial. Cold calling potential customers is one way of generating new business. It's a direct marketing method that can also be a highly cost-effective sales tool."

Lot's of other googles where that one came from ;-)

Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 13:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): sounds like cold calls to me.
14 mins
  -> Thanks Tina ;-)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Prospecting call


Explanation:
This is really the same as some of the other offerings.
Incoming call it is obviously someone calling to buy or enquire.
Outgoing call is the company contacting an existing lead.
Prospecting call is where the outgoing call is to an unknown person of company.
This is just my understanding of what might be intended.

Mark Shimmin
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: English
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