When / while, 。。。的时候，正在。。。
I try to translate the sentence:

"While I was driving the car, he called me on my mobile phone".

Is this translation correct:
我正在开车，他打我的手机。

And how about this one:
我正在开车的时候，他打我的手机。

Thanks in advance for you reply.psyche 谢谢你的回答。

每当我开车的时候，他打我手机。
Is this a right translation for: "Everytime when I am driving the car, he calls me on my mobile phone". (expressing a bit of annoyance because he always calls at the moment that you're driving the car).

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When / while, 。。。的时候，正在。。。
I try to translate the sentence:

"While I was driving the car, he called me on my mobile phone".

Is this translation correct:
我正在开车，他打我的手机。

And how about this one:
我正在开车的时候，他打我的手机。

Thanks in advance for you reply.psyche 谢谢你的回答。

每当我开车的时候，他打我手机。
Is this a right translation for: "Everytime when I am driving the car, he calls me on my mobile phone". (expressing a bit of annoyance because he always calls at the moment that you're driving the car).

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我正在开车的时候，他打我的手机。this one is better

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yeah,psyche is right, Chinese people say"他打我手机的时候我正在开车", that sounds more idiomatic. your two answers are literal translation.

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For "While I was driving the car, he called me on my mobile phone", "我正在开车，他打我的手机。" can be understood, but not good. "我正在开车的时候，他打我的手机。" is better.

And for "他打我手机的时候，我正在开车。"  is very good Chinese, but the emphasis is on "drive", but not "call".

So my translation would be "他在我开车的时候打我的手机。"

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hi Eric~
my translation to this sentence "While I was driving the car, he called me on my mobile phone"whould be 他打我手机的时候，我正在开车。
and if your want to express that he always calls you when  you are driving.you can say 他总在我开车的时候打我手机~ it sounds like you are complaining~~hehe

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I am driving, he hit my mobile phone.

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