Originally from Southeast Asia, betta fish were introduced to aquariums in the early 1900s.

Tmall yesterday apologized for the "inconvenience" the technical glitches caused. "The website did lag during the peak, but things improved," said Danial Zhang, Tmall's president.

昨天淘宝商城为技术故障造成的“不便”而道歉。“该网站高峰期确实滞后，但情况改善，”淘宝商城总裁Danial张说。

Ma then upped the ante by waiving Taobao's transaction fees for the first three years, while eBay kept charging.

随后，马云加大了赌注，免去当时淘宝前三年内的交易费，但eBay却照收不误。

The no-fee model allowed Taobao to attract sellers quickly, and the business soon overtook eBay's Chinese market.

免费模式使淘宝迅速吸引了商家，很快便超过eBay中国网站。

The Chinese consumer ecommerce market is dominated by homegrown online retailer Taobao.

中国面向消费者的电子商务市场上，占据主导地位的是本土在线零售商淘宝（Taobao）。

With Taobao growing quickly, eBay moved to make a deal, according to people involved in the discussions.

据参与讨论者透露，在淘宝快速崛起之后，eBay尝试与淘宝达成协议。

Mr. Jiang paid 13,500 yuan ($ 2,166) for the Google glasses earlier this month on Taobao.

本月早些时候，蒋佚凡花了人民币13500元（约合2166美元）在淘宝（Taobao）上买了一副谷歌眼镜。

Sellers on Taobao are mostly small merchants, while Tmall hosts major brands such as Nike and Gap.

淘宝网上的卖家大多是小商家，而天猫商城则有耐克（Nike）和Gap等大品牌入驻。

The comments received widespread play on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, and elicited some ridicule from Taobao shoppers.

马云的言论在中国版Twitter——微博（Weibo）——上引发热议，并招致一些淘宝买家的嘲笑。

Taobao has 230m registered consumer users, compared with 90m registered on Ebay.

淘宝拥有2.3亿注册消费用户，而Ebay仅有9000万。

Taobao, owned by Alibaba, provides internet store fronts for retailers and dominates online merchandise sales in China.

阿里巴巴（Alibaba）旗下的淘宝网为零售商提供互联网店面，在中国网上商品销售市场占据主导地位。

The term orange-collar refers to the theme color of China's largest online shopping website, Taobao.com, and has been generalized to include people who make a living by doing jobs related to e-commerce.

“橙领”的橙，取自淘宝橙色系，“橙领”指通过淘宝联盟赚取收入的人，后泛指一切电商相关从业者。

In roughly the last year, searches for the clothing have increased by 57%, according to Alibaba Group, Taobao's parent.

据淘宝网的母公司阿里巴巴集团（Alibaba Group）说，在过去的一年左右的时间里，情侣装的搜索量增长了57%。

Analysts believe that Taobao, an online retail arm of Alibaba group, is getting more aggressive in competing with Baidu.

分析师们认为，阿里巴巴集团（alibaba group）的在线零售分支淘宝网（taobao），正在更积极地与百度开展竞争。

What orange-collars need to do every day is to post on blog or forum1 as a way of leading people to shop.

橙领每天做的事情，就是通过微博或论坛发帖，引导他人去淘宝购物。

But when she checked her account on Alibaba site Taobao later, she was in for a shock.

然而，当她随后在阿里巴巴旗下淘宝网（Taobao）查看自己的账号时，却大为震惊。

Next, Taobao aimed to be more innovative than eBay in customer service.

下一步，淘宝的目标是推出比ebay更具创新性的客户服务。

And B2C E-mall model, like Taobao mall, is a new trend in this field.

以淘宝商城为代表的B2C网上商城模式，更是一个新的发展趋势。

Don't send a bunch of Taobao links to someone and ask for their advice. It's really annoying for them to open these links one by one.

不要给别人发一堆淘宝链接然后让对方给你当参谋，一个个点开看很麻烦。

There are those who believe they can do everything throughout the value chain, but that model will eventually fail, said Daniel Zhang, Taobao Mall president.

有些人相信自己能够搞定整条价值链，但那种模式最终将失败，淘宝商城总裁张勇（Daniel Zhang）表示。

A report released by Taobao on May 3, 2017 has revealed there are more than 50 million "empty-nest" youths aged1 20 to 39-years-old in China, with most of them working in the places far from their hometowns.

据淘宝在5月3日发布的《中国空巢青年图鉴》，如今中国的“空巢青年”群体已经超过5000万。他们的年龄在20岁到39岁之间，大多远离家乡工作。