10年後AI技術也許可以實現人與寵物狗對話

A university professor in Arizona is working on a system that can translate animal noises in to English.

亞利桑那州的一位大學教授正在研究一種可以解讀動物叫聲的系統。

The extraordinary technology, which has been designed by Professor Con Slobodchikoff at Northern Arizona University, is currently being developed with the vocal calls of prairie dogs in mind but could later be adapted to work with just about any animal, including domestic cats and dogs.

這項新穎的技術由北亞利桑那大學的康·斯洛博奇科夫教授開發，目前被研發用於解讀草原犬鼠的叫聲，但將來可以適用於其他任何動物，包括家貓和狗。

Slobodchikoff has spent the better part of 30 years studying the unique and complex sounds prairie dogs use to communicate danger to one another whenever a predator is sighted nearby.

康·斯洛博奇科夫教授花了30年的時間研究草原犬鼠在附近看到捕食者時用來傳達危險的獨特而複雜的聲音。

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The translation device, once perfected, should be able to turn those sounds in to human speech.

翻譯設備一旦完善，應該能夠將這些聲音轉換爲人類語音。

According to Amazon researcher William Higham, pet translation devices could be available for the average consumer to purchase within ten years.

亞馬遜研究人員威廉·海厄姆也曾表示，普通消費者可以購買的能解讀寵物叫聲的設備將在10年內問世。

Technologies like this will also make pet training and the diagnosis of medical problems much easier.

這樣的技術也將使寵物訓練和醫療診斷變得更加容易。

That said however, if it really was possible for your dog to speak to you, what would it say?

但是，如果你的寵物狗真的有可能跟你說話，它會說什麼呢？