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I've looked around on various translation sites, but can't find a good translation for:

Thanks for calling me back, or

Thanks for returning my call.

When you've left a message for someone to call you and they (finally) do return your call.

I've been using:

Merci pour le rappel.

But I'm not sure that's correct — what should I be saying? Thanks!

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alpian
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    Quand je rappelle qq1, souvent on me dit juste "Merci d'votre appel." Sans référence au fait que j'ai rappelé. Sinon, on peut aussi dire: "Merci d'nous avoir recontactés." – oli Jan 30 '12 at 13:04
  • Is it something you say to expect a back call or to thank for a back call you expected? It will have a different translation ? – sinsedrix Feb 21 '12 at 09:14
  • Thanks @sinsedrix, i've edited the question to make it clearer - this is specifically when you've asked someone to call you back and what you say to them to thank them for doing that. – alpian Feb 21 '12 at 13:27

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I would use :

Je vous remercie de (m'avoir rappelé|me rappeler) [si vite]

(First alternation is past tense for the end of the conversation, second alternative is present for the beginning of the conversation. Optional "Si vite" is here to emphasis that a person has called back quickly.)

On the other hand:

Merci pour le rappel

looks rather like "Thanks for the reminder". If you do not want to emphasis the particular "back calling", you could use :

Je vous remercie pour votre appel.

It's a traditional sentence you will heard when calling professionals.

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    Je vous remercie de me rappeler can make a confusion, because it is the same from than the imperative. I think Je vous remercie de m'avoir rappelé is the best. – rds Jul 11 '12 at 09:00
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Dans le langage courant on dira plutôt:

Merci de m'avoir rappelé(e).

ou

Merci d'avoir rappelé.

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Je dirais « merci de me rappeler » (langue courante).

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  • No, that's “please call me back later”, but the question was about “thanks for being calling me back right now”. – Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' Feb 21 '12 at 21:24
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    I have the same remark to @Mvy's answer. Je vous remercie de me rappeler can sound imperative. – rds Jul 11 '12 at 09:02
  • @Gilles No, that doesn't necessarily means "please call me back later" which would have been, merci de me rappeler plus tard. Without plus tard, it might be a very common way to thank someone who just call you back. – jlliagre Apr 05 '16 at 07:56