So, anthropomorphism is when we project onto other animals our capacities or our emotions.

当把我们的能力和感情想象到动物身上，拟人化。

The a-word is anthropomorphism, and historically, it's been a big deterrent to recognizing animal emotions.

这个单词“拟人化“，它一直被用来区分动物情感。

That's some kind of human, some anthropomorphism, because, no, no, humancentrism?

那一种人类的特质，某种拟人化，因为，不，不，人类中心主义？

My mom is always warning me against anthropomorphism.

我妈妈总警告我不要进行拟人化思考。

And so, what we did was we thought we would use the process of anthropomorphism.

所以，我们所做的我们认为我们会使用拟人化的过程。

And for everyone listening, anthropomorphism, you do it all the time, I guarantee.

对于每个听的人来，拟人化，我保证，你一直在这样做。

And anthropomorphism, the tendency we have to humanize our pets, stuffed animals, and other inanimate objects.

而拟人化，即我们倾向于将宠物、毛绒玩具和其他无生命物体赋予人性特征的倾向。

So some posts used no humour, some used satire or anthropomorphism, others used a combination of those two.

因此， 有些帖子完全没有使用幽默， 有些则运用了讽刺或拟人手法，还有一些则结合了这两种方式。

And so, there's really a tension between amplifying these gender stereotypes and also promoting anthropomorphism.

因此，放大这些性别刻板印象和提倡拟人化实存在着紧张关系。

If they're doing something that's actually not human-like and you're just misinterpreting it, you're being misled by your anthropomorphism.

如果它们的行为实际上并不像人类，而你却误读了，那么你的拟人化思维会误导你。

This desire for anthropomorphism is, we just, we can't help but do it.

这种对拟人化的渴望，我们无法抗拒。

But I do think it can be helpful on the anthropomorphism engagement level to give it attributes that people identify with.

但我的认为，在拟人化互动层面，赋予机器人人们能够认同的特质有益的。

They have a much easier time getting into anthropomorphism than other countries, but it is quite prevalent in North America as well.

他们比其他国家更容易接受拟人化，但这种现象在北美也很普遍。

Of course, that's kind of an anthropomorphism we do to each other, but that's something.

当然，这有点像我们彼此的一种拟人化行为，但这也算一种情感表达吧。

What do you find that people maybe don't realize or don't know about anthropomorphism that we probably should know or would be interesting to know?

你发现人们在拟人化方面可能有哪些认识不足或不了解的地方，而这些可能我们应该知道或会感兴趣了解的？

Anthropomorphism has potentially dangerous implications for the future if we wrongfully attach emotions and genuine connections to unfeeling robots or other products that have human-like qualities.

如果我们错误地将情感和真实的情感联系赋予没有情感的机器人或其他具有人性特征的产品，拟人化可能对未来产生潜在的危险影响。

As designers, the key here is to really take the time to understand when anthropomorphism is appropriate, and how much of it you should use in your design work.

作为设计师， 关键在于花深入理解何使用拟人化恰当的，以及在设计中应运用多少拟人化元素。 这主要取决于对用户的理解以及一点直觉的结合。

And a lot of that has to do with the way our brains respond to indications of humanity in the things that we're looking at, which is what drives anthropomorphism.

这很大程度上与我们大脑对所观察事物中人性化迹象的反应方式有关，正这种反应推动了拟人化的产生。

So anthropomorphism in that sense is something that designers and marketers and roboticists are really interested in because they want to get people to interact with their products.

因此，在设计、营销和机器人技术领域，拟人化一个备受关注的议题，因为这些领域的从业者希望人们能够与他们的产品进行互动。

People suffering from things like psychopathy or the inability to sort of empathize with other humans in a really dangerous way, they're far less likely to engage in anthropomorphism.

那些患有精神病或无法真正以危险方式与他人产生共情的人，他们进行拟人化的可能性要小得多。