And even begin to talk back to nonhumans.

甚至他们开始跟非人类对话了。

Well, powerful new technologies are helping researchers decode animal communication. And even begin to talk back to nonhumans.

嗯，强大的新技术正在帮助研究人员破译动物交流。甚至可以开始与非人类顶嘴。

Sorry, I guess I got… I had to talk back to that.

抱歉，我想我… … 我必须反驳一下。

See, my staff know better than to talk back to me.

我的仆人不会蠢到跟我顶嘴。

Well, I guess you really only have to worry if they start to talk back to you.

我猜 除非了它们回答你的话否则你没什么可担心了。

I need you to like her because sometimes I don't, and I need you to talk me back into it.

我需要你喜欢她 以为有时我没有做到，我需要你立刻回答我。

Teens are no longer afraid to talk back to teachers, which would have resulted in a few whacks from a ruler years ago.

十几岁的孩子们不再害怕跟老师顶嘴，如果是在过去，他们顶嘴就要挨戒尺打。

" You should not fight so hard, boy. I see you talking to the heart tree. Might be the gods are trying to talk back" .

" 小子，你用不着勉强自己。我看过你跟心树讲话，说不定这是诸神想要回答呢。"

" To talk back" means that someone is, usually a child, is arguing with the parents and saying things that are not respectful of the parent, and that is to talk back.

“顶嘴” 就是说某人， 一般是小孩，跟父母吵架， 说不尊重父母的话， 就是顶嘴。

You have to live with a lot of that, and you have to learn — even in writing, you have to learn that once you start writing something, the characters begin to talk back to you.

你必须接受这些，你必须学习——即使在写作中，你也必须学习，一旦你开始写一些东西，角色就会开始和你说话。

The faithful provider, dripping and bedraggled after a prolonged hunt for grubs in some cheerless corner of the forest, suddenly flicked his tail, and, flying up a few yards to the dead branch of a fire-blasted maple, began to " talk back" .

忠实的供养者在森林某个冷清的角落长时间寻找蛴螬后， 浑身湿漉漉的， 突然甩动尾巴， 飞上几码，来到一棵烧毁的枫树的枯枝前， 开始“还嘴” .