A case about racketeering against Huawei opened in New York on Wednesday.
针对华为的敲诈勒索共谋案周三在纽约开庭。
Federal prosecutors say the Chinese tech company stole technology from US companies.
联邦检察官指控这家中国科技公司窃取美国公司的技术。
They also say Huawei misused the US financial system. They say it helped Iran spy on its own people.
他们还指控华为滥用美国金融体系,并帮助伊朗监视本国公民。
Huawei is the world's biggest supplier of wireless telecom network equipment.
华为是全球最大的无线电信网络设备供应商。
But Western countries like the US, Canada and Britain have put it on a blacklist.
但美国、加拿大和英国等西方国家已将其列入黑名单。
US Justice Department lawyer Stout told a Brooklyn jury that Huawei committed many crimes over twenty years.
美国司法部律师斯托特在开场陈词中告诉布鲁克林陪审团,华为在二十年间犯下多项罪行。
Defense lawyer Heberlig rejected these charges.
辩护律师赫伯利格驳斥了这些指控。
He said prosecutors used a few stories and the bad acts of a few employees. He said they described Huawei and its three subsidiaries as a criminal business.
他说,检方用零星的轶事和少数员工的不当行为,把华为及其三家子公司描绘成犯罪企业。
He said this case is about real people. Their careers and good character are at risk.
他表示,本案关乎真实的人,他们的职业生涯和正直品格都受到威胁。
The first witness for the prosecution was Bakhshti.
检方第一位证人是巴赫什提。
He was born in Iran. He became a US citizen in 2000 and moved back to Iran in 2003.
他生于伊朗,2000年成为美国公民,2003年搬回伊朗。
He testified that he learned about Huawei in 2009 while working at a company.
他作证说,2009年他在一家公司工作时了解到华为。
This company brought the internet to remote corners of Iran.
这家公司把互联网带到伊朗偏远角落。
After that, he gave the US government secret information about his work with Huawei.
此后,他向美国政府提供了有关他与华为打交道的秘密信息。
He said that at first he wanted to bring internet access to small cities in Iran.
他说,他起初想尝试把互联网接入带到伊朗小城市。
But later he thought Huawei would not help.
但后来他认为华为不会帮忙。
In one meeting, he realized Huawei was selling a plan to study Iranian people and their online behavior.
在一次会面中,他意识到华为正在推销分析伊朗民众及其在线行为的方案。
This made him angry.
这让他感到愤怒。
He said that in 2011 he was told he was under investigation. Then he left Iran.
他说,2011年他被告知自己正受到调查,随后离开了伊朗。
Herbellig told the jury that they would see through the prosecution's unreliable witnesses.
赫伯利格对陪审员说,他们会看穿检方不可靠的证人。
They would also find that the government's claims do not hold up.
他们也会发现政府的说法站不住脚。
He also said that some testimony against Huawei came from old grudges.
他还说,针对华为的一些证词出于旧怨。
He mentioned that a Huawei employee once photographed a competitor's products at a trade show.
他提到,一名华为员工曾在贸易展上拍摄竞争对手产品。
But the company quickly fired him. This is not evidence of a company-wide conspiracy.
但公司已迅速将其解雇,这并非全公司共谋的证据。
Huawei has expanded into chip manufacturing.
华为已扩展到芯片制造领域。
The Trump administration raised national security concerns about Huawei. It also urged Western allies not to use its products.
特朗普政府曾提出对华为的国家安全担忧,并游说西方盟友不要采用其产品。
The United States announced these criminal charges in early 2019. It later expanded the charges.
美国于2019年初宣布这些刑事指控,此后又扩大了指控范围。
Chinese officials said the United States is using economic bullying as an excuse. They said it uses national security as an excuse to suppress Chinese companies.
中国官员表示,美国搞经济霸凌,以国家安全为借口打压中国企业。