Bastonata Posted December 6, 2005 at 04:09 PM Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 at 04:09 PM I need to translate "found dead on the phone" as in "He was found dead on the phone" into chinese for a project im working on, but im not sure how to say it. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted December 6, 2005 at 05:15 PM Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 at 05:15 PM 人们（警察）发现他死于（在）电话机旁（上、前、里） words with underline could be omitted and words in parentheses are alternatives under different circumstances, but I think it's not necessary to translate 'found'. edti: OK, i think '他被发现死在电话前' is acceptable, though just a little bit English way of speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastonata Posted December 6, 2005 at 05:35 PM Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 at 05:35 PM thank you very much. I guess it would help that it is a title of a book, and the context is a man was found dead at his desk. He was killed while talking on a phone, so his body is found holding the phone. what do you think would be the best choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted December 6, 2005 at 05:54 PM Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 at 05:54 PM hmmm...命丧电话？ Could anyone else suggest a better title? It's rather difficult to choose a proper title in Chinese. As you may already know, Chinese tend to use four-character words as titles for books, movies, etc or use some obscure words. Of course, four-character titles are not compulsory but could be found here and there in spite of irrelevance to the contents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted December 7, 2005 at 04:13 AM Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 at 04:13 AM book title ... how about 奪命電話? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiYuanXi Posted December 7, 2005 at 09:48 AM Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 at 09:48 AM What about 致命电话？？ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaocai Posted December 8, 2005 at 01:56 AM Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 at 01:56 AM reminds me of The Ring, 午夜凶铃. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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