The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164698   Message #3944737
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
18-Aug-18 - 05:36 AM
Thread Name: in German: Die Katzen und der Hausherr
Subject: RE: in German: Die Katzen und der Hausherr
The translation is fairly accurate, complete, and well-made. It refers to a later version of the original poem, published in 1762. I prefer the earlier version, because in it the cats form a guild with full bourgeois ceremonial, thus are guilty of forming a parallel society of organized crime. By this fact they cause even more "blindfold" outrage than justified by the actual offences.

(Note that Baskerville uses British spelling, such as "neighbour's".)