这篇文章讲的什么啊（Mainidea）DogTranslationProductsComingtoUS.AJapanesetoymakerdeclaresthattheyhavedevelopedagadgetthattranslatesdogbarksintohumanlanguageandplanstobeginsellingthegadget?underthenameofBowl

　　这篇文章讲的什么啊（Mainidea）

　　DogTranslationProductsComingtoUS.

　　AJapanesetoymakerdeclaresthattheyhavedevelopedagadgetthattranslatesdogbarksintohumanlanguageandplanstobeginsellingthegadget?underthenameofBowlingual－－inU.S.petstoresandgiftshopsthissummer.

　　Tokyo-basedTakaraCo.Ltd.saysabout300,000ofthedogtranslatorgadgetshavebeensoldsinceitwasonsaleinJapanlatelastyear.ItisforecastingfarbiggersalesonceanEnglishlanguagetranslationfordogscomestoAmericainAugust.TheUnitedStatesishometoabout67milliondogs,morethansixtimesthenumberinJapan.

　　“WeknowthattheAmericanslovetheirdogssomuch,sowedon’tthinktheywillmindspending$120onthisproduct,”theTakaramarketingmanagersaidduringaninterviewatarecentpetproductsconferenceinAtlanta.

　　Regardedasoneofthecoolestinventionsof2002byTimemagazine,Bowlingualismadeupofa3-inchlongwirelessmicrophonethatisfastenedtoadogcollarandsendsoutsoundstoasmallconsole（控制台）thatisconnectedtoadatabase（数据库）.Theconsoledivideseachbarkintosixemotionaltypes－happiness,sadness,disappointment,anger,threatanddesire－andshowscommonphrases,suchas“You’retickingmeoff,”thatfitthedog’semotionalstate.

　　Takarasaysithasspentmillionsofdollarsdevelopingthegadgetincooperationwithfamoussoundexpertsandanimalbehaviorists.

　　Onethingthatdoesappearcertainisthatthemarketsforanimaltranslationproductswilllikelyremainadog”sworldsinceTakarahasnoplanstodevelopasimilargadgetforcats.“Theyaretoounpredictable（反复无常）,”themarketingmanagersaid.