Every Dog Has His Say

? ?Kimiko Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve. ?(1) ? When the dog barks, she glances at a small electronic gadget (装置). The following "human" translation appears on its screen: "Please take me with you. " "1 realized that’s how he was feeling," says Fukuda.
? ?The gadget is called Bowlingual, and it translates dog barks into feelings. People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the world’s first dog-human translation machine in 2002. But 300,000 Japanese dog owners bought it. ?(2) ?
? ?"Nobody else had thought about it," said Masahiko Kajita, who works for Takara. "We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if we could understand dogs?"
? ?Bowlingual has two parts. ?(3) ? The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.
? ?Based on animal behaviour research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire. ?(4) ? In this way, the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion, which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.
? ?When a visitor went to Fukuda’s house recently, the dog barked a loud "bow wow".
? ? ?(5) ? It was followed by "I’m stronger than you" as the dog growled and sniffed (嗅) at the visitor.
? ?The product will be available in U. S. pet stores this summer for about U. S. $120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog’s emotions when the owner is away.
? ?A. A wireless microphone is attached to the dog’s collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
? ?B. Nobody really knows how a dog feels.
? ?C. This translated as "Don’t come this way".
? ?D. More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.
? ?E. Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.
? ?F. Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like "Let’s play", "Look at me", or "Spend more time with me".

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? ?Kimiko Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve. ?(1) ? When the dog barks, she glances at a small electronic gadget (装置). The following "human" translation appears on its screen: "Please take me with you. " "1 realized that’s how he was feeling," says Fukuda.
? ?The gadget is called Bowlingual, and it translates dog barks into feelings. People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the world’s first dog-human translation machine in 2002. But 300,000 Japanese dog owners bought it. ?(2) ?
? ?"Nobody else had thought about it," said Masahiko Kajita, who works for Takara. "We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if we could understand dogs?"
? ?Bowlingual has two parts. ?(3) ? The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.
? ?Based on animal behaviour research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire. ?(4) ? In this way, the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion, which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.
? ?When a visitor went to Fukuda’s house recently, the dog barked a loud "bow wow".
? ? ?(5) ? It was followed by "I’m stronger than you" as the dog growled and sniffed (嗅) at the visitor.
? ?The product will be available in U. S. pet stores this summer for about U. S. $120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog’s emotions when the owner is away.
? ?A. A wireless microphone is attached to the dog’s collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
? ?B. Nobody really knows how a dog feels.
? ?C. This translated as "Don’t come this way".
? ?D. More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.
? ?E. Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.
? ?F. Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like "Let’s play", "Look at me", or "Spend more time with me".

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