"Studies show they only meow in order to communicate with humans," the video adds. "So we set out on a mission to get to know them better. By analysing different cat noises, we've designed a digital sensor that detects a cat's meow and uses a unique program to turn it into a human voice."
视频中还讲,"研究表明,猫为了和人交流才会叫.所以我们进行此项任务来更好地了解它们.通过分析猫的不同叫声,我们设计出一个可以探测猫叫的数字传感器,用特别的程序把猫叫转化成人声."
So by using the collar, owners can speak to their cats and expect a meaningful response – well, about as meaningful as a cat's meows can get. The sassy responses are delivered in a British accent, in a voice of the owner's choice, selected through a smartphone app paired with the collar. A few sample responses are demonstrated on the company's YouTube channel – they are quite hilarious, but obviously not very convincing.
因此,通过这款项圈,猫奴们可以和喵星人对话,期待着有意义的回应——嗯,猫叫有多少意义就差不多能传达出多少意义.这种时髦的应答装置发出的声音是英式英语,主人可以通过与项圈连接的智能手机应用自己选择嗓音.这个公司的YouTube网页上列着几个应答的示例,非常搞笑,但显然并不能令人信服.
In all probability, Catterbox is just a tongue-in-cheek albeit very clever marketing gimmick. If you really want to learn the meaning of cat meows, you're better off keeping an eye on "Meowsic" (short for "Melody in Human-Cat Communication"), a Swedish study carried out over the next five years.
猫语匣子十有八九只是个唬人的玩意,尽管市场营销做得非常巧妙.如果你真的想要了解猫语的意义,你最好关注一下Meowsic（"人猫对话旋律"的缩写）,这是瑞典的一项研究,五年之后才能得出结果.
英文来源：odditycentral
