So there are teams of computer scientists and linguists and biologists working on decoding sperm whale bioacoustics.

有很多计算机科家、语家、生家组队破译抹香鲸生声。

She said, The invention of digital bioacoustics is analogous to the invention of the microscope.

她说，数字生声发明就像显微镜发明一样重要。

He specializes in bioacoustics: how animals produce sound and communicate with the sounds they make.

如何发出声音并利用声音交流。

And that's what digital bioacoustics is doing with audio for the study of animal communication.

这正是数字生声结合音频，对交流研究产生影响。

So bioacoustics is a big piece of it, as well as the resonance of the forest-how things reflect.

所以生声是其中一个重要部分，同样重要还有森林共振——事如何反射。

In the emerging field of bioacoustics, scientists are looking at how to protect and conserve our planet by listening to it.

在新兴生声领域，科家们正在研究如何通过聆听来保护我们星球。

So, he turned to bioacoustics, which uses sound to learn more about animal life and the environments in which they live.

因此，他转向生声，利用声音来了解更多关生活及其生活环境知识。

Her book explores how researchers are leveraging new tech to understand animal communication even in the burgeoning field of digital bioacoustics.

她书探讨了研究人员如何利用新技术来了解交流——甚至在数字生声这个新兴领域。

So bioacoustics is a big piece of it, as well as the resonance of the forest—how things reflect.

所以生声是其中重要组成部分，还有森林共振——事如何反映。

So what if we were to use bioacoustics for something of immediate practical value, like doing something about our massive biodiversity crisis?

如果我们将生声用立竿见影实际用途上，如解决我们大规模生多样性危机，会如何？

I'd love to end on one quote from her. She said, The invention of digital bioacoustics is analogous to the invention of the microscope.

我想引用她话来结尾。她说: “数字生声发明与显微镜发明类似。

But if we can address the massive epidemic of noise pollution that is harming and killing marine creatures, we could use bioacoustics to restore some biodiversity.

但如果我们可以解决伤害、杀害海洋生大规模噪音污染，我们就可以利用生声恢复些许生多样性。

Digital bioacoustics. Huh. So what does that actually look like? Are we trying to make animals talk like humans using translation collars like in the movie Up?

数字生声。嗯。那它到底是什么样呢? 难道我们要像电影《飞屋环游记》那样，使用翻译项圈让像人类一样说话吗?

And maybe one day in a speculative future, instead of a human here on stage, maybe bioacoustics would enable an orca to give a TED talk.

也许有朝一日，在想象未来中，不再是人类站在台上，也许生声能让虎鲸带来一场 TED 演讲。

That's Marc Holderied of the University of Bristol in the U.K. He specializes in bioacoustics: how animals produce sound and communicate with the sounds they make.

那是英国布里斯托尔大 Marc Holderied。 他专攻生声：如何发出声音并通过它们发出声音进行交流。

Now today we're using bioacoustics to protect species and decode their communication, but tomorrow, I believe, we'll be using bioacoustics combined with machine intelligence to explore the frontiers of biological intelligence.

今天，我们用生声保护种，解密它们交流，但明天，我相信我们会用生声，结合上机器智能，探索生智能前沿。

Right, exactly. This new field of digital bioacoustics uses portable field recorders that are like mini microphones you can put pretty much anywhere--in trees, on mountaintops, even on the backs of whales and birds.

确如此。数字生声这个新领域使用便携式现场录音机——就像个迷你麦克风，你可以把它放在任何地方，比如树上、山顶甚至鲸鱼和鸟背上。

So to address this, scientists are now launching a new bioacoustics program off the east coast of North America to triangulate the locations of whales and convey the information to ships' captains in real time.

为了解决这个问题，科家启了一项全新生声计划，位北美东海岸，三角定位鲸鱼，实时将信息发送给船长。