Business Voicemale Message

Question

I would like to create a Spanish voicemail for my business and I am having a bit of trouble and could use some input.

I would like to say: "Hi this is Jose, my hours of operation are 9-6 Monday through Saturday. I'm sorry I missed your call. Please leave your name, number and message and I will get back to you."

so far I have: "Hola soy jose, hores de negocio nueve a seis, Lunes a Sabado. Lo siento echaba su llamada. Porfavor deja su nombre, numero, y mensaje, y te devuelvo la llamada."

Please let me know if I did this correct. Thank you

I have to ask, are you going to be a member , or are you just an entrepreneur wanting free advice? - ray76, Nov 18, 2015

Welcome to the forum , we want to help you so fill out your profile If you have a problem PM a mod Bienvenido al foro. Queremos ayudarle, entonces hay que llenar su perfil. Si hay un problema, envíe un mensaje personal (PM) - ray76, Nov 18, 2015

My second comment was added out of courtesy , but I fear it is a waste of time and energy.. - ray76, Nov 18, 2015

Answer 1

Se ha comunicado con José. Estoy aquí para servirle entre las nueve y las seis lunes a sábado. Favor de dejar su nombre, número telefónico y un recado/mensaje y le devolveré la llamada lo más pronto que posible.

The English message contained phrases like "Hi, it's Jose" and "Sorry I'm not at the phone". Is it customary for Spanish voicemails to not include these informal cues? - HackerKing, Nov 22, 2015

Hacker, it costs money to listen to long messages...But I have no idea what it is like in Latin America. - annierats, Nov 22, 2015

It´s a message, not the person. Why apologize for not answering? It´s obvious that the person is not at the phone, so why say this? None of this stuff is necessary and in a business it should be formal, so these expressions are not customary - 005faa61, Nov 22, 2015

My guess is that these cute phrases originate from "political correctness", which is starving the English speaking world of all common sense - 005faa61, Nov 22, 2015

Answer 2

In addition to Julian's answer I would just like to add:

If you're in Spain, I would keep the message very short because phone-calls here are expensive and people don't listen to long messages... I think your own model is fine, I would just say: Buenos días, soy José, mi horario es de las nueve as las.. I would cut out the entire middle bit, and the por favor, and just say, dejeme un mensaje y le delvolveré la llamada . ( As most phones record numbers the numbers part can actually be left out too.) The most important thing is to have it short but speak very clearly and in a friendly voice, I think anyway. Most telephone companies here charge connection fees and some charge for ringing up the answer phone. People use Whats App a lot. You often see in adverts '' solo respondo en whatapp.''