Chinese Startup Unveils Pet Translator with "95% Accuracy"
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Chinese Startup Unveils Pet Translator with "95% Accuracy"
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中国公司做出“宠物翻译器”
中国公司做出“宠物翻译器”
Chinese Startup Unveils Pet Translator with "95% Accuracy"

Pinyin
Keywords
宠物 - chǒngwù - house pet
翻译器 - fānyìqì - translator / translation device
脖子 - bózi - neck
叫声 - jiàoshēng - yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
动作 - dòngzuò - movement / motion / action
内容 - nèiróng - content / substance / details
变成 - biànchéng - to change into / to turn into / to become
明白 - míngbai - clear / obvious / unequivocal / to understand / to realize
付 - fù - to pay / to hand over to
消息 - xiāoxi - news / information
试 - shì - to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
一定 - yīdìng - surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must
相信 - xiāngxìn - to be convinced (that sth is true) / to believe / to accept sth as true
说明 - shuōmíng - to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption
不同 - bùtóng - different / distinct / not the same / not alike
想法 - xiǎngfǎ - idea / notion / train of thought / what sb is thinking / to think of a way (to do sth)
关注 - guānzhù - to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / concern / interest / attention
受欢迎 - shòuhuānyíng - popular / well-received
Grammar
最近… - Expressing "recently…" with "zuìjìn…"
最近,杭州一家中国公司做出了一个新东西,叫“宠物翻译器”。

Verb + 出(来) - Expressed after a verb to indicate completion of an action for "to come up with" or "to come into being" with "Verb + chu(lai)"
最近,杭州一家中国公司做出了一个新东西,叫“宠物翻译器”。

Subject + 把 + Object + Verb - Expressed to specify that the result of an action affects a particular object but not the action itself with "bǎ"
人们可以把它放在猫和狗的脖子上。
电脑学习这些内容以后,就可以把一些叫声和动作变成人能明白的话。

为了...,Subject + Action - Expressing "in order to / for the purpose of…" with "wèile...,Subject + Action"
为了做这个翻译器,公司听了很多猫和狗的叫声,也看了很多它们平时的动作。

平时 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "ordinarily / in normal times…" with "píngshí + Verb / Verb Phrase"
为了做这个翻译器,公司听了很多猫和狗的叫声,也看了很多它们平时的动作。

Time or Verb Phrase + (以)后 - Expressing "after" a specific time or action with "Time or Verb Phrase + (yǐ)hòu"
电脑学习这些内容以后,就可以把一些叫声和动作变成人能明白的话。

Number + 多 - Expressing a number in excess with "Number + duō"
现在已经有一万多人付了钱。

如果…(的话), … - Expressing "if..." with "rúguǒ…(de huà), …" (in this structure, 的话 is optional)
他们觉得,如果真的能知道猫和狗在想什么,一定很有意思。

虽然…,但是… - Expressing "even though…, but..." with "suīrán...,dànshì..."
虽然大家有不同的想法,但是很多人都在关注这个新东西,想看看它以后会不会受欢迎。

以后... - Expressing "afterwards / later…" with "yǐhòu…" (used when talking about something that happens in the future)
虽然大家有不同的想法,但是很多人都在关注这个新东西,想看看它以后会不会受欢迎。

受 + (Someone / Something) + Verb - Expressing "to receive" or "to obtain" a positive or negative aspect with "shòu + (Someone / Something) + Verb" (受 is a passive marker)
虽然大家有不同的想法,但是很多人都在关注这个新东西,想看看它以后会不会受欢迎。
Proper Nouns
杭州 - Hángzhōu - Hangzhou (capital of Zhejiang Province)

Idioms

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