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2005.04.05
Hello!
One of the many ways that cell phones have changed the world is that you can be pretty sure that if someone answers when you call a cell phone number, it'll be the person you want to speak with. With other kinds of phones, that's not always the case. That's why it's important to know today's WordMaster!
(LEAVE/TAKE) A MESSAGE
伝言（を残す／を承る）
- A phone message is information from a caller who wasn't able to speak to you directly.
Imagine the following situation:
Alan calls Ms. Watanabe, but Ms. Watanabe is out of the office, so her secretary takes the call for her.
If Alan gives the secretary some information for Ms. Watanabe, he leaves a message WITH the secretary FOR Ms. Watanabe.
The secretary - by either remembering the message or writing it on a piece of paper - takes a message FROM Alan FOR Ms. Watanabe. - phone message とは、直接話すことのできなかった電話の相手からの伝言のことです。
次のような状況を想像してみてください。
アランは渡辺さんに電話をしましたが、渡辺さんはオフィスを留守にしていたので、秘書がかわりに電話を受けました。
ここでもしアランが秘書に頼んで渡辺さんに何か伝言を残したのなら、
He leaves a message WITH the secretary FOR Ms. Watanabe. と言うことができます。
秘書がこの伝言を紙に書いたり、覚えておくなどしたなら、
The secretary takes a message FROM Alan FOR Ms. Watanabe. と言うことができます。
- (on the phone)
ALAN: Is Ms. Watanabe in?
SECRETARY: No, I'm sorry, she's out of the office at the moment.
ALAN: Then can I leave a message? - (...or the secretary may offer first)
SECRETARY: I'm sorry, Ms. Watanabe is out of the office at the moment. Can I take a message?
ALAN: Yes, please tell her that I won't be able to make my afternoon appointment. - WIFE: Someone from Sharky's Loan Agency called while you were gone.
HUSBAND: What did they want?
WIFE: I don't know. They didn't leave a message. - (to an assistant)
I'll be visiting clients for most of the afternoon. Take messages for me while I'm out.
Be sure to come back tomorrow for the sequel to the drama of Alan and Ms. Watanabe!