translation

[Bastonata]

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.

[jukebox]

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.

[Bastonata]

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?

[jukebox]

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.

[skylee]

book title ... how about 奪命電話?

[LiYuanXi]

What about 致命电话？？

[xiaocai]

reminds me of The Ring, 午夜凶铃.