こんにちは。
ご質問ありがとうございます。
盲導犬は、
guide dog=盲導犬
(英辞郎)
seeing eye dog=〈米〉盲導犬
(英辞郎)
と言います。
「seeing eye dog」は主に米国で使われる言い方です。
また、
an assistance dog=補助犬
a service dog=介護犬, 介助犬
a hearing dog=聴導犬
、こんな表現もあります。
〈例〉
A blind woman was refused a lift by a taxi driver because she had a guide dog.→視覚障害者の女性が盲導犬を連れているとの理由で、タクシー運転手から乗車を拒否されました。
(Leicester Mercury-Feb 26, 2016)
A taxi driver has been fined £2,100 for refusing to carry a blind woman and her guide dog.→盲導犬を連れた視覚障害者の女性の乗車を拒否したとして、タクシーの運転手が2100ポンドの罰金を命じられました。
(BBC News-Dec 18, 2014)
He uses a seeing eye dog.→彼は盲導犬を使用しています。
海外でもタクシー運転手による盲導犬の乗車拒否は問題になっているようですね。
お役に立てましたら幸いです。
ありがとうございました。
A guide dog is a dog that has been trained to lead a blind or partially sighted person.
Many people who are blind or visually impaired use guide dogs to help them get around.
They can also be called assistance dogs.
Hope this helps :)
"A guide dog"とは、視覚や聴覚に障害がある人を手助けする為に訓練された犬の事です。
視覚や聴覚に障害のある多くの人が、外を出歩くために盲導犬を使っています。
また、"assistance dogs"とも呼ばれます。
お役に立ちますように :)
Hi is only partially blind...but he still needs a guide dog to be safe!
"Guide dogs/Seeing eye dogs" are specially trained from puppies to assist those
with unfortunate enough to suffer from bad or no eyesight!
Those wonderful animals make it possible for those in need to move around a city!
With these animals giving cues to their masters, as to when its clear and time
to move ahead!
A dog that helps blind or visually impaired people is called a guide dog. In USA, they can also be called seeing eye dog. It is better to use guide dog as this one is used in all English speaking countries.
If you would like to know what to call a dog that helps the blind or visually impaired, you can call it a "seeing eye dog" or a "guide dog" or a "service dog". You can use this in a sentence by saying something like "The woman needed a service dog/seeing eye dog ever since she lost her vision and went legally blind."
In English, a dog that helps a blind or visually impaired person is most commonly referred to as a "guide dog".
Example sentence: My vision is extremely impaired so I have a guide dog to help me.
Guide dogs are trained to help people who are blind or partially blind. They are trained to help them walk around streets, shops, etc, safely. They are essential in helping these people become mobile. A common breed of guide dogs is the Labrador because of their kind and patient temperament.
We would use the words, "seeing eye dog," or, "guide dog," to describe a dog that helps people who are blind be able to still walk around and function within society.
A dog that helps a blind or visually impaired person is called 'a guide dog'
The breed of dog preferred for this role in the UK is labrador.
"Mary is almost blind and relies heavily on the support of her guide dog, Ben.'