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Goat cafes, rabbit cafes, even loneliness-curing Moomin cafes where patrons commune with stuffed animals. |
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山羊咖啡館、兔子咖啡館，甚至是具有寂寞療癒效果的嚕嚕米咖啡館，讓老主顧與絨毛動物玩偶親密交流。 |
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The world of the weird cafes has moved on from cats. |
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怪異咖啡館的世界已經把貓咪拋在腦後了。 |
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And yet, while some of these obscure cafes grab headlines for a few days and then vanish, cat cafes have proliferated around the world to become, if not the most novel, certainly the most enduring craze when it comes to themed coffee houses. |
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然後，儘管這些名不見經傳的咖啡館有些會登上頭條新聞，風光個幾天之後就消失，貓咪咖啡館卻在世界各地蔓延開來，雖然算不上最新奇，卻是主題咖啡屋裡最持久的風潮。 |
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For the uninitiated, a cat cafe doesn't sound too complicated. |
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It's a regular cafe that happens to have cats walking or lying around. |
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對於不知道的人來說，貓咪咖啡館聽起來不算太複雜，就是一般的咖啡館，只不過有貓咪在裡頭走來走去或者趴著休息而已。 |
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Started in Taiwan a dozen or so years ago with a cafe called Cat Flower Garden, the concept was most enthusiastically embraced in Japan, where today, there are more cat cafes than anywhere else in the world -- around 150 at the last count. |
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這個概念始於十幾年前台灣一家名叫貓花園的咖啡館，後來在日本受到最熱烈的歡迎。如今，日本的貓咪咖啡館比世界上其他地方都還要多──根據最近一次的統計，約有一百五十家。 |
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Now the rest of the world is cat-ching on. |
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現在，世界其他地區也紛紛跟上這股「貓」潮。 |
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In April, the United States saw its first feline coffee house open in New York, albeit only temporarily. |
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London recently opened its first, too, and a number of major European cities now also offer purr-fect coffee breaks. |
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四月間，美國的第一家貓咪咖啡館於紐約開張，但只是臨時的。倫敦近來也開了第一家貓咪咖啡館，現在有幾座歐洲大城市也提供了理想的打呼嚕咖啡休憩時光。 |
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Australia is soon to join the fray, as well. |
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澳洲很快也要加入這個行列。 |
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"My partner and I went to Japan 18 months ago -- going to a cat cafe was an amazing experience and we decided to open our own in Melbourne," says Anita Loughran, owner of Cat Cafe Melbourne, which will open in July 2014. |
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「我的伴侶和我在十八個月前去了日本──造訪貓咪咖啡館是一項絕妙的體驗，於是我們決定在墨爾本開一家屬於我們自己的貓咪咖啡館，」艾妮塔．羅蘭表示，她的墨爾本貓咪咖啡館將在二０一四年七月開幕。 |
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"It's a place where animals and cat lovers can mingle, socialize and be comfortable in a quiet environment that reflects their interests." |
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「這個地方的環境閑適安靜，反映了動物與貓咪愛好者的喜好，他們可以在這裡相處、交流、享受一段舒適的時光。」 |
