【英语科技】亚马逊将推出翻译并出售外语图书业务

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) said it plans to launch a publishing imprint that will produce English-language translations of foreign-language books.

The imprint, AmazonCrossing, plans to acquire the rights to books and plans to hire writers to translate them into English before printing and selling them through Amazon's own retail website and national and independent booksellers via third-party wholesalers, said Jeff Belle, Amazon's vice president of books.

Amazon will also sell digital versions of the translations through its Kindle e-bookstore, he said.

亚马逊公司(Amazon.com Inc., AMZN)表示，计划推出一项名为AmazonCrossing的新业务，翻译并销售外语图书。

亚马逊图书部门副总裁Jeff Belle表示，该业务计划收购图书版权，聘请作家将外语图书翻译成英文，随后出版印刷，并在亚马逊零售网站上销售；公司也将通过第三方批发商在全国以及独立书店出售这些图书。

他说，亚马逊还将通过Kindle电子书店销售数字版的翻译图书。