Hey there, tiktakers! Today we'll talk about one of the most famous animals on the Internet: Cats!
嘿,tiktakers们!今天我们来聊一聊互联网上最著名的动物之一:猫!
And more specifically, we'll be talking about one cat most of you are probably familiar with: Pusheen!
具体地说,我们要谈论一种大多数人可能都很熟悉的猫:胖吉猫(Pusheen)!
She's a gray cat with stripes over her back and head, as well as a chubby body and stubby paws.
她是一只灰色的猫,背部和头上有条纹,还有胖乎乎的身体和粗短的爪子。
She's always described as very sociable and happy, loves her family, and enjoys outdoor activities as well as slacking off at home.
人们总是称赞她喜欢交际,乐天派,爱家人,她喜欢户外活动,或者在家偷偷懒。
Her name comes from the Irish word "puisín", which means "kitty".
她的名字出自爱尔兰单词“puisin”,意思是“猫咪”。
Many of you have seen her on Facebook, but the truth is that this kitty was born as the protagonist of a webcomic under her name.
很多人都在Facebook上见过她,但其实,这只小猫最初是以同名网络漫画主角的形式出现的。
She first appeared on May 28th 2010 in a series of comics created by Claire Belton who, along with Andrew Duff, founded the page Everyday Cute.
2010年5月28日,她第一次出现在克莱尔·贝尔顿创作的一系列漫画中,克莱尔和安德鲁·达夫共同创建了“Everyday Cute”网页。
Due to its huge success, it soon became the original Tumblr blog of Pusheen.com.
由于她的人气爆棚,很快就成为了Pusheen网站最早的Tumblr博客。
Its fame grew very quickly, and in a short time her images were shared thousands of times, becoming viral!
她的名气也水涨船高,她的图片在短时间内被分享了数千次,像病毒一样迅速蔓延!
In 2013, the editorial Simon & Schuster (shúster) published a comic compilation titled "I Am Pusheen the Cat", which has been translated to more than 12 languages ever since.
2013年,“西蒙与舒斯特”的社论出版了一本名为《我是胖吉猫》的漫画合集,至今已被翻译成12多种语言。
That same year Facebook launched its stickers functionality, through which images of Pusheen became available to more than one billion users.
同年,Facebook推出了表情功能,超过10亿用户可以看到胖吉猫的表情包。
That was a trampoline which led this kitty to become recognized in the entire world.
这是一次飞越,让这只猫咪在全世界都得到了认可。
Have you ever shared an image of Pusheen, tiktakers?
各位tiktakers大大们,是否分享过胖吉猫的照片?
It is estimated that both images and gifs of Pusheen have been shared more than 20 billion times through different social media platforms.
据估计,胖吉猫的表情和动图在不同的社交媒体平台上被分享了超过200亿次。
Nowadays, the Pusheen brand is a global phenomenon, with a growing cast of characters, millions of fans around the world, and products available in more than 60 countries.
如今,胖吉猫品牌成为全球化的现象,拥有越来越多的角色,在世界各地拥有数百万的粉丝,产品遍布60多个国家。
Among the characters that join Pusheen, we have her family:
关于胖吉猫的介绍中,还出现了她家人的身影:
Stormy, her younger sister, with gray and frizzy fur, Pip, her younger brother, with black fur, and very adventurous!
她的小妹妹斯托米,有灰色和卷曲的毛,她的弟弟皮普,有着黑色的毛,非常爱冒险!
And her parents, Sunflower and Biscuit.
还有她的父母,Sunflower和Biscuit。
However, they are not the only ones!
不过,成员也不止这些!
Other characters you might be familiar with include: Cheek, a hamster with big pink cheeks who loves pastries.
你可能熟悉的其他角色包括:Cheek,一只爱吃糕点的粉红色大颊仓鼠。
Sloth, one of Pusheen's best friends, and very lazy. And Bo, a blue bird with big dreams!
胖吉猫最好的朋友之一Sloth, 他懒的要命。最后介绍一只有着远大梦想的蓝鸟Bo!
So as you can see tiktakers, in the world of Pusheen the cat it's impossible to get bored!
所以tiktakers们可以看到,在胖吉猫的世界里,不可能会感到无聊!
That's why we invite you to share with us your favorite Pusheen stickers.
这就是为什么我们邀请各位分享自己最喜欢的胖吉猫表情。
Remember that she still has a lot of lives left to keep making us laugh!
记住,接下来她还会继续逗我们开心!