谷歌面临反垄断调查

US federal regulators have begun a formal antitrust investigation into Google's business practices.
美国联邦监管机构已经开始对谷歌的商业惯例进行正式的反垄断调查。

In a blog post Friday, the Internet search giant said it received notification from the Federal Trade Commission of the review on Thursday.
这个互联网搜索巨头在周五发布的一个博客中称，它周四收到联邦贸易委员会审查的通告。

But the inquiry is expected to focus in large part on whether Google abuses its dominance of Internet search to extend its influence into other lucrative online markets, such as mapping, comparison shopping and travel.
但是，调查有望关注较大的方面，即关于谷歌是否滥用它作为互联网的主导地位扩大对其他有利的网上市场的影响，如绘图，比较购物和旅游。

Google maintains that most of the accusations of anti-competitive behavior come not from users, but from competitors.
谷歌宣称，大部分关于反竞争行为的指控不是来自用户，而是来自竞争者。

Professor Jonathan Askin, Brooklyn Law School, said, "I think Google are going to raise some strong arguments on why it's very convenient and pro-consumer to have Google function and control the entire ecosystem in some form or another. I think it's going to be incumbent on Google to demonstrate why these functional separations are sufficient and why structural full divestiture sorts remedies are not."
布鲁克林法学院教授Jonathan Askin说：“我认为谷歌将要提出一些有力的论据,如为什么它能非常方便的让用户使用谷歌的功能和通过某种方式来控制整个系统。我认为谷歌有责任说明为什么这些功能的分离是充分的和为什么结构上完全剥离分类是无法补救的。”