Aug 21, 2008 11:48
16 yrs ago
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English term

a mailer

English Marketing Marketing
As XXX develops and enhances its YYY system, would you prefer to be informed of the self-service options that become available via an email, a phone call, ***a mailer***, a customer service webinar, an announcement on the XXX corporate website, and/or some other method?

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a mailed advertisement

If you enter define: mailer in Google, it comes up with a lot of definitions, several of which are possible here, but I think this is the most likely:

A mailed advertisement.
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Peer comment(s):

agree Phong Le
1 hr
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agree Mohamed Mehenoun
1 hr
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agree Demi Ebrite
2 hrs
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agree Ramesh Bhatt : Yes, this is the option worth choosing. Though "email" and "a mailer" are the same thing, however, some people and companies like to be verbose, and we have no option but to struggle for new words and new concepts, however useless they may be.
2 hrs
Thank you. You might like to look at http://www.proz.com/forum/translation_theory_and_practice/11... in which deliberate obfuscation practised by Italian officialdom is described.
agree Will Matter
4 hrs
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agree Vincentius Mariatmo
5 hrs
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agree Pham Huu Phuoc
16 hrs
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+1
15 mins

direct mail

another alternative
Peer comment(s):

agree Ioanna Daskalopoulou
4 days
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22 mins

mailshot

this is the UK English word for a publicity letter sent to a wide audience
Note from asker:
Thanks, I'm not looking for an alternative term or wording - just an explanation.
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