Shares of the Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba, will be up for grabs today when the U.S. market opens. That's in about an hour or so from now. 中國電子商務公司阿里巴巴的股票今天在美股開市時將成為搶手貨。美國股市大約在距離現在一小時後開市。
Priced at $68 a share, the stock has already made history as the largest IPO ever in the U.S. 每股定價六十八美元的阿里巴巴股票，已經締造了美國史上最大規模首次公開募股的紀錄。
If underwriters choose to buy their allotted shares, Alibaba could become the world's largest IPO. 如果承銷商選擇買下他們所配到的股票，阿里巴巴就可能成為全球最大規模的上市案。
The company [is] now valued at a whopping $168 billion, and that trumps fellow Internet retailer, Amazon. 該公司目前的市值為令人咋舌的一千六百八十億美元，使同樣身為網路零售商的 Amazon 相形見絀。
Well, when the bell starts ringing on the New York Stock Exchange day, Alibaba's war chest will get a lot bigger. It's already pretty big. 當這天紐約證券交易所的鐘聲響起時，阿里巴巴的戰備基金將會大大地增加。它現在已經相當多了；
Also, so does the wallet of the company's cofounder, Jack Ma. 同時，該公司的共同創始人馬雲的荷包也會變大不少。
Jim Boulden now takes a look back at the entrepreneur's journey to success. 吉姆．伯登現在就要來回顧一下這位企業家邁向成功的過程。
Jack Ma says he tested his vision for his Internet site 15 years ago on the streets of San Francisco when he asked strangers if they knew the word "Alibaba." 馬雲說他十五年前就在舊金山的街頭上測試過他對其網站的願景，當時他問陌生人他們知不知道「阿里巴巴」這個詞。
He got the answer he wanted: Alibaba and "Open, Sesame" -- the ability to gain access to all kinds of treasure. 他得到了他想要的答案：阿里巴巴與「芝麻開門」，也就是得到各種寶藏的能力。
Today, Alibaba is China's Amazon, eBay and PayPal all in one, all started by this one-time English teacher. 如今，阿里巴巴是中國版 Amazon、eBay 和 PayPal 的合體，而這全都是由這位曾經是英文老師的人所創立。
I am a 100 percent made in China. 我是百分之百中國製造。
Jack Ma has not been under the radar. 馬雲過去並非未受矚目。
In 2005, the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader. 二○○五年，世界經濟論壇選他為全球青年領袖。
Businessweek named him Businessperson of the Year in 2007. 《商業週刊》在二○○七年命他為「年度商業人物」；
He was one of Time magazine's top 100 influential people in 2009. 他曾是《時代》雜誌二○○九年的百大最具影響力人物之一。
Ma may only be 49, 馬雲也許才四十九歲，
but he's already done a Bill Gates and retired as CEO of the company he helped found, taking on the role of executive chairman. 但他已經達到比爾．蓋茲的成就，並以執行長身份從他協助創立的公司退休，轉而接下董事局主席的角色。
You know, the thing about Jack Ma and the thing about Alibaba is they're not... he's not particularly an inventor. 要說到馬雲和阿里巴巴的特點，他們不是……他並不特別算得上是個發明家。
What he's done is he's come in, used existing technologies and beat some people at their own game. So, that's really what his genius is. 他的成就在於，他進到這個市場裡來，運用現有科技，並且在別人拿手的事情上擊敗對方，這才是他厲害的地方。
Estimates of his wealth vary widely. 關於他的財產的估算差距相當大，
One ranks Ma as China's 29th-richest man at $4 billion. 其中之一將馬雲排名為中國第二十九名的富豪，財產為四十億美元，
Forbes says number six at nearly $9 billion. 《富比士》雜誌則說他是中國第六大富豪，資產將近九十億美元。
Bloomberg has him third in China at nearly $13 billion. 《彭博新聞社》把他排名在中國第三，資產將近一百三十億美元。
No matter, his ranking could greatly change by the price of the shares and options over the long run. 無論如何，他的排名可能會隨著股票和選擇權在未來的價格而大幅變動。
You have to work very hard. 你得非常努力地幹活。
He's also noted for his charitable endeavors. 他同時也以他的慈善事業聞名。
Ma has already established a charitable trust fund worth an estimated two percent of his share options of Alibaba, 馬雲已經成立了一個慈善信託基金，估計價值相當於他在阿里巴巴股票選擇權的百分之二，
which could fund the trust north of $3 billion. 可以為他的信託基金籌募到三十億美元。
With the rest of the money he and Alibaba raise from this IPO, expansion of the company is certainly on the cards. 加上他和阿里巴巴從這次公開募股中募集到的其餘資金，該公司肯定有擴大經營的可能性。