The world’s first cat cafe, Cats’ Garden, was opened to the public in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998.
世界上第一家猫咖啡馆“猫花园”于 1998 年在台湾台北向公众开放。
The concept soon gained international attention and blossomed in Japan, where a dense population in urban areas huddles in the small living space of apartments that ban pets.
这一概念很快引起了国际关注，并在日本蓬勃发展。日本城市地区人口稠密，挤在禁止养宠物的公寓狭小的居住空间里。
Such cat-themed cafes became particularly popular among young workers who were too wrecked and broke to afford fluffy comfort.
这种以猫为主题的咖啡馆在年轻工人中特别受欢迎，因为他们太破烂，无法承受蓬松的舒适。
For similar reasons, these themed cafes have been a huge success in China since their first opening earlier this decade. Search “cat-theme cafes” on Dianping, China’s online equivalent to the Yellow Pages, and thirty-six different cafes in the locality pop up on screen.
出于类似的原因，这些主题咖啡馆自本世纪初首次开业以来在中国取得了巨大成功。在大众点评（相当于黄页的中国在线网站）上搜索“猫主题咖啡馆”，屏幕上就会弹出该地区的 36 家不同的咖啡馆。
Like many cat lovers, The Nanjinger visited one of the top-ranked cat cafes on the 30th floor of the Xinbai Department Store in Xinjiekou, and learned that cafe patrons, mostly women, pay more for their coffee as a cover charge. A glass of insipid latte, for instance, is ¥40.
和许多爱猫人士一样，《南京人》走访了位于新街口新百百货30楼的一家顶级猫咪咖啡馆，发现咖啡馆的顾客大多是女性，他们为咖啡支付的附加费较高。例如，一杯淡而无味的拿铁咖啡是 40 日元。
While we waited for the transaction on Alipay, a twenty-something service woman, dressed in a French maid’s outfit, required us (in a voice of a five-year-old) to put out our hands so she could squeeze sanitizer on us.
当我们等待支付宝交易时，一位二十多岁、穿着法国女仆装的女服务员要求我们（用五岁孩子的声音）伸出双手，以便她可以给我们挤消毒液。
The cafe is contrary to commodious for four American shorthair, three English shorthair, three Scottish folds, a Garfield, and three 4-month-old, kittens.
这家咖啡馆相对宽敞，可容纳四只美国短毛猫、三只英国短毛猫、三只苏格兰折耳猫、一只加菲猫和三只四个月大的小猫。
While the little ones, as yet unneutured, are still curious and engaged with their surroundings, their aunts and uncles are generally too chafed to respond. The older cats, being too lazy to run, are taken by the waist to the perfumed breasts of their visitors, who do not let go until they find the perfect angle for a selfie that captures their heart-shaped face next to the eye-rolling creature, deprived of its arrogant trait as a cat.
虽然尚未受过教育的小孩子们仍然对周围的环境感到好奇和参与，但他们的叔叔阿姨们通常都太恼火了，无法做出回应。年长的猫懒得跑，会被人掐着腰，放到游客喷着香水的胸前，游客们直到找到完美的自拍角度才放手，拍下自己心形的脸和这只翻白眼的生物，剥夺了它作为猫的傲慢特征。
If adults visitors are plain morons, children are downright rankling.
如果说成人游客是白痴，那么孩子们就是彻头彻尾的令人恼火的人。
While The Nanjinger was present, a girl trailed a kitten along the table back and forth and shook old cats out of their slumbers, making made them go berserk.
当《南京人》在场时，一个女孩拖着一只小猫在桌子上来回走动，把老猫从睡梦中惊醒，让它们发疯。
“To be on the level with you, these cats buy me some peace and quiet”, said a mother who sat in a far off corner, minding her own business. When asked why she did not let her daughter have her own pet, the woman took a second before taking her eyes off her phone and looking me in the eye.
“为了和你平起平坐，这些猫给我带来了一些平静和安静”，一位坐在远处角落里专注于自己的事情的母亲说道。当被问及为什么不让女儿拥有自己的宠物时，这位女士停顿了一下，然后把目光从手机上移开，看着我的眼睛。
“Like cleaning up after her isn’t enough work for me? Look at her; I’d be damned if she didn’t torture the poor animal to death a week later. Why should I spend a few thousand yuan to have a corpse to clean out?”
“好像清理她的尸体对我来说还不够吗？看看她，一周后如果她不把这只可怜的动物折磨死，我就该死了。我为什么要花几千块钱去清理尸体呢？”
