Relations between alibaba and yahoo have often been strained , as illustrated by the recent dispute over the spin-off of alipay , a payment subsidiary .

阿里巴巴与雅虎往往关系紧张，最近围绕剥离阿里巴巴旗下在线支付平台支付宝（alipay）发生的争执就表明了这一点。

Alipay is a small but critical part of alibaba group 's business .

支付宝规模虽小，却是阿里巴巴集团业务的一个重要部分。

Even if the two companies can overcome their communications difficulties , valuing alipay won 't be easy .

即便两家公司能够克服他们的沟通障碍，然而要对支付宝进行估值也不是件容易的事。

The license could have been delayed if alipay remained partly foreign owned .

若支付宝仍由外资部分控股，该许可的审批可能会被推迟。

However , it is understood that alibaba 's management is considering taking alipay out of the group .

不过据信，阿里巴巴管理层正在考虑将支付宝从该集团中单立出来。

Unlike alipay in the alibaba group , its payment business is not a separate legal entity .

与阿里巴巴旗下的支付宝不同，腾讯的支付服务并非一个独立的法律实体。

The buyer did not execute his transaction via alipay , alibaba 's paypal equivalent , instead forwarding the money direct to the seller .

但他没有通过支付宝（与Paypal类似）转账，而是直接把钱汇给了卖家。

Alibaba also offers alipay which is similar to ebay 's ( ebay ) paypal and will benefit greatly by this influx of smartphones .

淘宝是阿里巴巴（Alibaba）的一个子公司，阿里巴巴推出的支付宝功能有些像eBay的Paypal。

And yahoo recently suffered from an ugly public argument over the spin-off of promising chinese online payment platform alipay from alibaba , a company that yahoo partially owns .

近期，雅虎宣称其部分持股的阿里巴巴集团（Alibaba）擅自转移前途无限的在线支付平台支付宝股权，双方闹得沸沸扬扬，雅虎也深受打击。

( Last year , the two got into a public squabble after alibaba transferred ownership of the online payment service alipay over to a new company controlled by ceo jack ma . )

（去年，阿里巴巴把在线支付服务支付宝转移到公司CEO马云旗下的一家新公司，引发了口水战。）