阿里巴巴雄心勃勃进军视频业

Alibaba fancies itself the eBay, Amazon.com and PayPal of the Chinese Internet. Now it wants to add YouTube and Netflix to the list.
阿里巴巴集团(Alibaba Group)把自己比作中国互联网世界的eBay、亚马逊(Amazon)和贝宝(PayPal)，现在它想再加入一点YoutTube和Netflix的成份。

In the latest in a string of entertainment industry acquisitions, Alibaba said Monday it will jointly take an 18.5% stake in New York-listed Youku Tudou for $1.22 billion, alongside an investment vehicle linked to Chairman Jack Ma.
阿里巴巴集团周一宣布，阿里巴巴将与马云(Jack Ma)创立的一家基金联手斥资12亿美元收购纽约上市公司优酷土豆18.5%的股权。为进军文化娱乐产业，阿里巴巴展开了一连串的并购活动，入股优酷土豆是其最新举措。

In March, Alibaba acquired a majority stake in ChinaVision Media, a film and television production studio. Earlier this month, a separate investment vehicle owned by Mr. Ma and another Alibaba co-founder took a 20% stake in Wasu Media, an Internet television company with a small cable network. Add the three deals together, and that is a $3 billion spending spree.
今年3月份，阿里巴巴收购了影视剧制作公司文化中国传播集团有限公司(ChinaVision Media)的多数股权。本月早些时候，马云和阿里巴巴的另一位创始人通过旗下另一个投资平台购入互联网电视公司华数传媒控股股份有限公司(Wasu Media) 20%的股权。这三桩交易加在一起的总投资约为30亿美元。

As Alibaba gears up for a massive initial public offering, a picture is emerging of an ambitious, vertically integrated video strategy encompassing content creation, broadband distribution and online streaming. Just how the pieces fit together, including the role played by Mr. Ma's investment vehicles, remains unclear.
在阿里巴巴正在为大规模的首次公开募股(IPO)做准备之际，一幅雄心勃勃的整合策略蓝图逐渐形成：阿里巴巴打算对视频产业进行垂直整合，涉足内容创作、宽带平台建设以及线上流媒体等领域。目前还不清楚阿里巴巴将如何把这些资产（包括马云的投资工具所扮演的角色）整合在一起。

Youku is one of China's top Internet video sites, combining user-generated and professional content. But it faces intense competition from search engine Baidu's video unit, as well as diversified Internet giant Tencent Holdings and New York-listed portal Sohu.com, both with their own video services.
优酷土豆是中国顶尖的视频网站之一，是将用户自创内容与专业内容相融合的一个平台。不过该公司正面临激烈的市场竞争，竞争对手包括搜索引擎百度(Baidu)旗下的视频子公司、综合性互联网巨头腾讯控股有限公司(Tencent Holdings Ltd., 简称：腾讯控股)以及纽约上市的门户网站搜狐公司(Sohu.com Inc.)，其中腾讯控股和搜狐公司都有自己的视频业务。