VOA慢速英語(yǔ): 阿里巴巴面臨監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的批評(píng)

Workers renovate a building at the Alibaba head office in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, Sept. 15, 2014.

阿里巴巴面臨監(jiān)控機(jī)構(gòu)的批評(píng)
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.
這里是美國(guó)之音英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)濟(jì)報(bào)道。
Recently, a Chinese regulatory agency said that most of the goods sold on the Chinese website Alibaba are counterfeit. That means the products are not made by the company that is claimed to be the maker.
近來(lái)，中國(guó)的監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)表示中國(guó)網(wǎng)站阿里巴巴上出售的大多數(shù)商品是假貨。也就是說(shuō)這些出售的商品不是該公司生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品。
Alibaba is a website that connects buyers with sellers. The company's chief, Jack Ma, says he has solved the dispute with Chinese officials.
阿里巴巴是一家連接賣(mài)方和買(mǎi)方的網(wǎng)站。公司總裁馬云表示他已經(jīng)解決了與官方的爭(zhēng)議問(wèn)題。
China's Alibaba Group has become a major Internet company in a short amount of time. Last year, the company raised $25 billion in its IPO, or initial public offering. The company offered stock shares to the public for the first time last September on the New York Stock Exchange.
很短的時(shí)間里，阿里巴巴已經(jīng)成為主要的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司。去年，公司首次公開(kāi)招股250億美元。在紐約證券交易所上市，公司公開(kāi)發(fā)行股票。
But recently China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce, SAIC, released a report that said the company has not done enough to stop the Internet sales of illegal goods.
但是，最近中國(guó)國(guó)家工商行政管理局發(fā)布一份報(bào)告：阿里巴巴公司沒(méi)有采取積極的措施來(lái)阻止互聯(lián)網(wǎng)銷(xiāo)售不合法商品。
Alibaba's Executive Chairman, Jack Ma, said this was not true.
阿里巴巴的總裁馬云說(shuō)這并不是真的。
"We don't want; we were misunderstood by the world that we're not transparent. We don't want; (we were) misunderstood by the world that Taobao is a platform for selling fake products. And we want this company, I have always said, not to represent China's Internet, it represent the spirit of Internet of the whole world."
“我們不希望被世人誤解，我們不是透明的。我們不希望世人認(rèn)為淘寶網(wǎng)是個(gè)出售假產(chǎn)品的平臺(tái)。我已經(jīng)講過(guò)：我們希望這家公司不是代表中國(guó)的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，而是代表世界互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的精神。”
The SAIC report said that Alibaba employees took bribes and permitted merchants to sell illegal wine, handbags and other goods without the required license. It also said an investigation showed that many of the samples on the Taobao retail website were not licensed products.
國(guó)家工商管理局的報(bào)告稱：阿里巴巴員工收受賄賂，允許商人出售假酒、假包包和其它沒(méi)有獲得許可的商品。調(diào)查顯示淘寶零售網(wǎng)站上很多的樣品是未獲得許可的商品。
Alibaba runs Taobao. On January 27th, Taobao rejected the study's findings. The company said the study was unfair.
阿里巴巴運(yùn)營(yíng)淘寶。1月27號(hào)，淘寶決絕接受這份研究報(bào)告。公司稱這份報(bào)告不公平。
The next day the SAIC released information about a July meeting between its representatives and Alibaba officials. In the meeting, the SAIC informed Alibaba that counterfeit goods were being sold through the website. The agency also told the company that it had violated marketing rules and had a poor consumer rating system.
第二天，國(guó)家工商管理局發(fā)布另一份關(guān)于7月份工商管理局代表與阿里巴巴高層開(kāi)會(huì)的信息。會(huì)上，國(guó)家工商管理局告知阿里巴巴：整個(gè)網(wǎng)站都有銷(xiāo)售假冒商品。工商局稱公司違反市場(chǎng)規(guī)則，消費(fèi)者評(píng)分很差。
Later, however, tensions between regulators and Alibaba appeared to ease. The SAIC and Taobao both removed the materials from their websites.
但是，稍后監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)和阿里巴巴之間出現(xiàn)緩和。工商管理局和淘寶都從他們的網(wǎng)站上刪除相關(guān)文章。
For many years now, Western companies have accused companies in China of stealing intellectual property and selling illegal products.
很多年來(lái)，西方公司指責(zé)中國(guó)公司侵犯版權(quán)，銷(xiāo)售非法產(chǎn)品。
In recent years, the government has taken steps to deal with those concerns.
最近幾年，政府已經(jīng)采取措施解決這些問(wèn)題。
Andrew Batson is with the China research company Gavekal Dragonomics. He says it is unclear whether the SAIC's accusations against Alibaba are related to intellectual property rights.
安德魯·巴特森是中國(guó)研究機(jī)構(gòu)龍洲經(jīng)訊的人員，他表示還不清楚國(guó)家工商管理局是否指責(zé)阿里巴巴涉及知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)的的問(wèn)題。
Chinese officials are also closely watching consumer safety, seeking to stop the sale of fake products after many problems with product safety. A new consumer protection law enacted last March increases possible payments to those who buy damaged or fake goods. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce says $610 million worth of poor-quality goods were sold in China from 2010 to 2012.
中國(guó)官員密切關(guān)注消費(fèi)者安全問(wèn)題，在發(fā)生那么多產(chǎn)品安全問(wèn)題后，尋求阻止假冒商品的出售。新的消費(fèi)者權(quán)益保護(hù)法去年三月已經(jīng)生效，這增加了對(duì)那些購(gòu)買(mǎi)損壞商品或者假冒商品的賠償支付。國(guó)家工商管理局表示從2010年到2012年的兩年間，在中國(guó)有價(jià)值6億1千萬(wàn)美元的劣質(zhì)產(chǎn)品出售。
However, some experts question if the accusations against Alibaba are connected to China's campaign against fake products. Shaun Rein wrote the book, "The End of Copy Cat China." He says protecting consumers may be one of the reasons for the regulators' actions.
然而，一些專(zhuān)家懷疑對(duì)阿里巴巴的指責(zé)是否會(huì)關(guān)聯(lián)到中國(guó)打擊假冒偽劣商品的行動(dòng)。肖·瑞恩寫(xiě)了一本書(shū)《中國(guó)不再山寨》“The End of Copy Cat China”。他表示保護(hù)消費(fèi)者權(quán)益也許是監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)采取相關(guān)措施的原因。
"I think part of it is consumer protectionism, part of it though might be to sort of pull Alibaba down. I think over the last year Jack Ma might have become too powerful according to some areas. He is taking on vested interests in the financial sector, and retail sales, and entertainment, and some might feel he is getting too powerful."
“我認(rèn)為一方面是出于保護(hù)消費(fèi)者權(quán)益，另一方面也許是打壓阿里巴巴。過(guò)去一年，馬云在一些領(lǐng)域發(fā)展非常強(qiáng)大。他獲得一些金融部門(mén)、零售業(yè)、娛樂(lè)業(yè)以及其它一些他認(rèn)為頗具潛力的行業(yè)中的既得利益。”
The SAIC said it waited to release its report on Alibaba until this year so it would not damage the company's IPO. However, last week, a U.S. law firm announced it was taking action against Alibaba. The lawyers said the company did not tell the public about its communications with the Chinese regulator before the stock offering.
國(guó)家工商管理局表示對(duì)阿里巴巴的這份報(bào)告一直沒(méi)有發(fā)布，直到今年不會(huì)損害公司的上市后才公布。但是上周，一家美國(guó)法律公司宣布會(huì)采取行動(dòng)對(duì)付阿里巴巴。律師稱公司在證券上市前沒(méi)有告知公眾公司與中國(guó)監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的溝通內(nèi)容。
This week, Jack Ma spoke in Hong Kong. He said that the company will be open in its dealings with the legal action. He said the situation should give western observers a better understanding of Alibaba and China.
這周，馬云在香港發(fā)表演講。他表示公司會(huì)公開(kāi)采取的合法處理途徑。這樣讓西方觀察者更清楚地了解阿里巴巴和中國(guó)。
And that's the Economics Report from VOA Learning English. I'm Mario Ritter.
這里是美國(guó)之音英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)濟(jì)報(bào)道。我是馬里奧·瑞特。
Shannon Van Sant reported this story from Hong Kong. Mario Ritter wrote it for VOA Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
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Words in This Story
regulatory –adj. making or concerned with making official rules about what is acceptable in a particular business, activity, etc.
initial –adj. occurring at the beginning of something
bribe – n. something valuable (such as money) that is given in order to get someone to do something
sample – n. a small amount of something that gives you information about the thing it was taken from
consumer – n. a person who buys goods or services
intellectual – adj. relating to something (such as an idea, invention, or process) that comes from a person's mind
counterfeit – adj. made to look like an exact copy of something in order to trick people
merchants – n. people who buy or sell goods
license – n. an official document that gives someone official permission to do, use or have something