Takagi suspects that this ability might be related to cats' hunting skills.

高木认为这种能力可能与猫的捕猎技能有关。

But Takagi isn't a typical customer. She's not there for feline affection, but to probe their minds.

但是高木并不是一个典型的顾客。她来到这里并不是为了获得猫咪的情感，而是来调查它们的想法。

Psychologist Saho Takagi, a graduate student at Kyoto University in Japan, strolls into one of Japan's many cat cafes.

日本有多家猫咪主题咖啡馆，心理学家、日本京都大学研究生高木佐保走进其中一家咖啡馆。

Takagi refuses, and so Gruber kills Takagi.

高木拒绝，于是格鲁伯杀死了高木。

The building, by the way, is called the Takagi Building.

顺便说一下，这座建筑叫做高木大厦。

The owner of this building is a man by the name of Joe Takagi.

这座建筑物的主人是一位名叫高木让的人。

Takagi wants Ellie " to flag" (flag) anything that is outright wrong.

高木希望艾莉“标记”（标记）任何完全错误的事情。

Takagi says these were " small inaccuracies, " meaning not very important.

高木说这些都是“小错误”，意思不是很重要。

Takagi wants Ellie to verify the " facts" – that is, the information – and " figures" (figures).

高木要艾莉核实“事实”——也就是信息——和“数字” （figures）。

Takagi had to issue " a second version" (version).

高木不得不发行“第二版”（version）。

In this case, it sounds like something bad happened last year and Takagi doesn't want that to happen again.

在这种情况下，听起来去年发生了一些不好的事情， 高木不希望这种事情再次发生。

Next, Takagi wants to see just how much information domestic cats can extract about objects, like quantity or size, based on what they hear.

接下来，高木想弄明白根据它们所听到的，家猫可以提取多少与物体有关的信息，这些信息包括数量或体积。

Takagi is talking about " issuing a second version of the report" – an update, a report that has been changed and corrected.

高木在谈论“发布报告的第二个版本” ——一个更新，一个已经被更改和更正的报告。

" Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects, " lead researcher Saho Takagi says in a press release.

“猫类利用一种因果逻辑来理解噪音或声音，由此预测看不见的物体的出现。” 首席研究员沙穗高木在一次媒体发布会上说道。

In this case, it probably means to mark it with a pen or a pencil so that Takagi can find that information easily when he looks through the report.

在这种情况下，它可能意味着用钢笔或铅笔标记它， 以便高木在查看报告时可以轻松找到该信息。

Ellie says, " Okay, I'll do that, but this will take some time." Takagi says, " What are you doing this weekend? " He, of course, is implying that Ellie should work on this over the weekend.

“好吧，我会这样做， 但这需要一些时间。 ” Takagi 说， Ellie 说，“你这个周末要做什么？ ” 他当然是在暗示 Ellie 应该在周末处理这个问题。