Research from the University of Edinburgh and the Bronx Zoo suggests that cats have personalities similar to those of African lions. Some suggest this means your cat wants to be rid of you.
愛登堡大學和布朗科斯動物園的研究表明，貓和非洲獅有相似的個性。有人據此推斷，你的寵物貓正想要擺脫你呢。
I fear that cat research has been heading in a disturbing direction for some time. Last year, a wise anthrozoologist declared that your feline thinks you're just one big, stupid cat. Earlier this year, researchers in the UK said cats really don't need their owners at all. And now this.
近些年來，關於貓的研究結果都很令人擔憂。去年，一個“機智的”人類學家聲稱，貓咪認為主人只是一隻又大又蠢的貓而已。再早些年，英國的一些研究人員表示，貓咪根本不需要主人。現在，我們又有了以下實驗。
Some have interpreted a study from the Bronx Zoo and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland as saying that your cat might be trying to bump you off. Yes, kill you, eat you, that sort of thing. The study is entitled "Personality Structure in the Domestic Cat, Scottish Wildcat, Clouded Leopard, Snow Leopard, and African Lion". Truly, I love these academic titles.
有人將愛登堡大學和布朗科斯動物園的研究翻譯過來，稱你的寵物貓可能正想要殺了你呢。對，殺了你，吃掉你，或其他類似的想法。這個研究的名字是“家貓、蘇格蘭野貓、雲豹、雪豹、非洲獅的個性結構”。說實話，我喜歡這些學術名稱。
The researchers studied the animals' behaviors along a popular test of the "Big Five" human personality aspects: Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion/Introversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism. When it comes to domestic cats, the research report said of their neuroticism that it had " the highest loadings on anxious, insecure, and tense, suspicious, and fearful of people."
這些研究人員通過人類的“五大”個性特徵來研究動物的行為：經驗開放性、自覺性、外向性/內向型、隨和性/神經質。他們的報告表明，家貓比較神經質，“對人類感到極為焦慮、不安、緊張、多疑和害怕。”
What are we doing to these animals? Or have they always been this way? The mere thought that cats are fearful of us and might, therefore, want to take us out is chilling. But still less chilling, perhaps, than knowing and seeing what humans do to each other.
我們對這些動物都做了些什麼？或者說，牠們一直都是這樣的嗎？貓咪們對我們感到很恐懼，還可能希望殺了我們這一想法讓人心寒。但是，人類對自己同胞所做的事可能更讓人心寒。
Marieke Gartner, one of the researchers involved in the study, told me that it was "a pretty far stretch" to suggest that your cat actually wants to kill you. She said: "Cats have different personalities, and they ended up living with us because it was a mutually beneficial situation. Some cats are more independent, some are quite loving. It just depends on the individual. It's not that cats are self-centered. It's that they are a more solitary or semi-solitary species." Yes, but are they secretly harboring ill-feeling toward us? Gartner explained: "Cats don't want to bump you off, but people often don't know how to treat them and then are surprised by their behavior."
這項研究中的一個研究員高德納告訴我說，研究結果幾乎足夠表明，你的貓其實很想殺了你。她說到：“不同的貓也有不同的個性，有些之所以和我們人類住在一起是因為這是一個雙贏的選擇。有些貓比較獨立，有些貓很親和，這取決於貓自身。並不是說貓都以自我為中心，只是牠們是更喜歡獨居的物種。”但是牠們對我們心懷不滿嗎？高德納解釋到：“貓並不是想殺了你，只是人們不知道應該怎麼對待貓，所以很容易對牠們的行為感到驚訝。”
A hundred cats from Scottish shelters were examined. The researchers observed the wilder animals in various zoos and wildlife parks across the UK and the US. Even though the scientists concede that their work is by its very nature imperfect and more research is required, they concluded: "Across the five felid species we assessed, personality structure was strikingly similar."
研究人員對蘇格蘭庇護所的一百隻貓都進行了實驗，還觀察了英國和美國的不同動物園和野生動物園裡的比較野生的動物，他們承認自身的研究本身並不完美，並且須要進行更多的實驗。但他們還是總結到：“我們所研究的這五種動物的個性是非常相似的。”
Yes, you've got a little lioness in your house. She's not your friend.
是的，這就是說你家裡養了一隻小獅子，她不是你的朋友！
Please remember, therefore, the three main personality traits of your cat: Dominance, Impulsiveness and Neuroticism. And tread very carefully.
所以，記住你家貓咪的個性：控制、衝動和神經質！小心地對待她！
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