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I have no idea how to translate this sentence pattern into Japanese. If I try
with basic grammar, it sounds very wrong and overly complex.

What is the most natural way of expressing this? If there is a more business
version, please share it as well.

For example

>   * 電話が鳴ったら早く電話に出ると言われました
>   * それが出来ると課長に報告してと言われました.
>
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I was told to do X if Y
If you want to avoid using quoted speech, the common idiom worth memorizing is
**"Xするよう(に)言う"**.

Your translation attempt is not bad, but here are a few comments:

  * In the first example, are you intentionally using [the plain form 出る as an imperative](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/15816/5010)? That makes sense, but it's better to simply use the imperative form 出ろ.
  * No need to say 電話 twice.
  * In the second example, this それ is usually omitted.
  * Replace 出来ると with 出来たら. Explaining the difference between と and たら is difficult for me, but you can see this page: [Conditionals | Learn Japanese](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/conditionals)

How about these?

>   * 電話が鳴ったら早く出ろと言われました。
>   * 電話が鳴ったら早く出るように言われました。
>   * 出来たら課長に報告してと言われました。
>   * 出来たら課長に報告するよう言われました。
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