话务员

lìng yī biān de huà wù yuán zé yú kuài ér suí yì

另一边的话务员则愉快而随意。

The telephonist at the other end was cheery and casual.

zǎo qī de diàn huà suǒ yǒu jiē xiàn gōng zuò quán bù yóu diàn huà jú li de huà wù yuán shǒu gōng cāo zuò

早期的电话，所有接线工作全部由电话局里的话务员手工操作。

In the early days of the telephone, operators working in the exchange made all the connections between callers by hand.