is this the correct translation of the english sentence


死体の沈黙 (Shitai no chinmoku) meaning "silence of the corpses"? would you
translate it differently to japanese? any help woulda be highly appreciated as
my japanese isn't really great :)




死体の沈黙 is at least grammatical, but it _is_ a weird and "poetic" expression
that makes native speakers wonder what it implies. It may work as a rhetorical
book title, song title or such. It's like "Sound of Silence", which is weird
but works effectively as a song title.

[死人に口なし](http://jisho.org/search/%E6%AD%BB%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AB%E5%8F%A3%E3%81%AA%E3%81%97)
is an idiomatic expression that is often introduced as the Japanese equivalent
of "dead men tell no tales." But if I understand correctly, the implications
of these two phrases are different. "Dead men tell no tales" implies "it's
safe to kill everybody who knows the secret", whereas 死人に口なし implies "it's too
late if you want to get information from a dead person." At least in Japanese,
死人に口なし does not imply the dead one is a snitch, so you may use it if it meets
your requirement. See also: [What does 死者は何も語らない
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17452/5010)




死体の沈黙 is at least grammatical, but it _is_ a weird and "poetic" expression
that makes native speakers wonder what it implies. It may work as a rhetorical
book title, song title or such. It's like "Sound of Silence", which is weird
but works effectively as a song title.

[死人に口なし](http://jisho.org/search/%E6%AD%BB%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AB%E5%8F%A3%E3%81%AA%E3%81%97)
is an idiomatic expression that is often introduced as the Japanese equivalent
of "dead men tell no tales." But if I understand correctly, the implications
of these two phrases are different. "Dead men tell no tales" implies "it's
safe to kill everybody who knows the secret", whereas 死人に口なし implies "it's too
late if you want to get information from a dead person." At least in Japanese,
死人に口なし does not imply the dead one is a snitch, so you may use it if it meets
your requirement. See also: [What does 死者は何も語らない
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17452/5010)

