The trick is trying to think like a cat.
窍门就是试着用猫的角度想问题
It's one thing to think, “What would it be like if I were a cat?”
想象“我要是一只猫会怎么样”
It's another thing to try to figure out, “Well, what is it like for a cat to be a cat?”
和试着搞清楚“猫是怎么当猫的”完全是两码事
I have different ways of creating purr kind of sounds.
我可以用不同的方法拉出猫叫声
I'm David Teie, classical musician,
我是David Teie，古典音乐家，
mostly by trade, play the cello in the National Symphony,
基本上就是我的职业，我在国家交响乐团拉大提琴
and I came up with the idea of writing music for cats.
我想给猫写音乐
Here are my bird songs for study and I slow them down.
这是鸟叫声的音乐，用来研究的，速度放慢点儿就是这种效果
Cats are not very vocal and not particularly social.
猫并不会经常叫，也不是特别喜欢待在一起

The ultimate goal is to be able to communicate in something like their language.
我最终的目的是能用类似于猫的语言来跟猫交流
What other sounds are there that you know cats would enjoy?
有没有别的声音是你觉得猫会喜欢的
Most of the brain development of cat happens outside the womb.
猫的大脑很大程度上都是在出生以后发育的
I thought the sound of suckling is a reward-related sound that all cats will have heard as their brains were forming,
我觉得，吃奶的声音猫在大脑发育的过程中应该都听到过，这个声音是跟奖惩有关的
this swishing kind of sound. Yeah, I would totally use that.
这种沙沙声 嗯，这个声音我肯定会用
Could I name that after your jacket? That's my Louis W.swish.
我可以用你的外套命名这个声音吗？那就是我的“Louis W. 沙沙声”
Another example of a sound is the purring.
另外一个例子就是猫的叫声
When you play this music, how does a cat react exactly?
当你演奏这个声音时，猫到底会有什么样的反应呢？
There are things like that they would rub up against the speakers that shows, kind of, ownership,
比如他们会接近发出这个声音的音响
and but showing just attention,
但它们也只是表现出感兴趣
and it tends to be more comforting to those cats who have had something of a hard life.
而且，似乎曾经过过苦日子的猫会更喜欢听到这个声音
The cats who need more comfort are more comforted by it.
需要舒适的猫更容易感到舒适
Do you have a cat? No, I actually don't. I'm allergic to cats.
那你养猫吗？不养，其实我不养猫，我对猫过敏
You're allergic to cats? Yeah.
你猫过敏？对呀