英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2021/12/09 05:30
◎孫宇青

Cat owners who love to take pictures of their furry friends now have a new excuse to pull out their smartphones and take a snapshot: it may actually help the cat.

喜歡為毛小孩拍照的養貓者，現在有了拿出智慧型手機拍一張的新藉口，因為這麼做其實可以幫到愛貓。

A Calgary, Alberta, animal health technology company, Sylvester.ai, has developed an app called Tably that uses the phone’s camera to tell whether a feline is feeling pain.

（加拿大）亞伯達省卡加利市的動物健康科技公司Sylvester.ai，開發出一款名為Tably的應用程式，可透過手機相機偵測貓咪是否感到疼痛。

The app looks at ear and head position, eye-narrowing, muzzle tension, and how whiskers change, to detect distress.

該程式會觀察貓咪耳朵及頭部的位置、眼睛寬窄、口鼻緊繃狀況和鬍鬚變化，判斷牠們是否感到疼痛。

A 2019 study published in peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports found that the so-called ’feline grimace scale,’ or FGS, is a valid and reliable tool for acute pain assessment in cats.

同儕審核期刊《科學報告》2019年發表的研究發現，所謂的「貓科動物鬼臉量表」（FGS），是檢測貓咪急性疼痛的有效、可信的工具。

The app could help young veterinarians, who maybe have not had quite so much experience.（Reuters）

該程式也可以幫助資淺的獸醫，因為他們或許沒有太多經驗。（路透）

新聞辭典
feline：名詞或形容詞，貓科動物；像貓一樣的。例句：The feline is too fat to walk.（這隻貓肥到走不動。）

grimace：名詞或動詞，（做）鬼臉。例句：He grimaced with pain.（他痛到呲牙裂嘴。）

valid：形容詞，有根據的；有效的。例句：We are sorry that the contract is no longer valid.（很遺憾，這份合約已經失效。）

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1489105