しかし、多くの点で珍しい鳥である。というのは彼は、かつて科学者達が人間にしかないと思っていた種の知的能力を示しているのである。

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English Translation

But in many ways, the bird called Alex is unusual, for it has shown the kind of mental abilities that scientists once thought only humans had.

Furigana

しかし、多(おお)くの点(てん)で珍(めずら)しい鳥(とり)である。というのは彼(かれ)は、かつて科学者達(かがくしゃたち)が人間(にんげん)にしかないと思(おも)っていた種(たね)の知的(ちてき)能力(のうりょく)を示(しめ)しているのである。

Romanji

Shikashi, ōku no ten de mezurashii tori de aru. toiu no wa kare wa, katsute kagakushatachi ga ningen ni shika nai to omotteita tane no chiteki nōryoku o shimeshiteiru no de aru.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

点 (てん)

spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

珍しい (めずらしい)

unusual; rare; curious; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

知的 (ちてき)

intellectual

能力 (のうりょく)

ability; faculty

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

示す (しめす)

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display