Telegram, which Mr Durov founded 11 years ago, is a small player in much of the West.

杜罗夫先生于 11 年前创立的 Telegram 在西方大部分地区都是一家小公司。

Mr Durov is idolised by some free-speech advocates, who fear that the internet is increasingly targeted by censors.

杜罗夫受到一些言论自由倡导者的崇拜，他们担心互联网日益成为审查的目标。

The case against Mr Durov is set to have a lasting impact.

针对杜罗夫先生的案件将产生持久的影响。

Mr Durov has encouraged speculation that the American government might be interested in what happens on his platform.

杜罗夫先生引发了人们的猜测，即美国政府可能对他的平台发生的事情感兴趣。

Mr. Durov who'd already tended and then apparently rescinded his resignation, says he'd read about his final dismissal from the company in the media.

杜罗夫提出辞职，但显然又撤销了辞职申请，称他在媒体上看到自己被解雇。

Soon after his private jet touched down on August 24th at Le Bourget airport, on the outskirts of Paris, Pavel Durov was arrested by French police.

8 月 24 日，帕维尔·杜罗夫 （Pavel Durov） 的私人飞机在巴黎郊区的布尔歇机场降落后不久，就被法国警方逮捕。

In fact, Iran's leaders put the ban in place after Telegram founder Pavel Durov refused to accede to their demands to shut down Telegram channels that were used by peaceful protesters.

事实上，伊朗领导者们是在电信创始人帕维尔·杜罗夫拒绝同意他们关闭和平抗议者使用的电信渠道的要求后实施该禁令的。

Whatever happens to Mr Durov, the episode is likely to be cited in future by governments seeking to defend their own crackdowns on social-media platforms, justified or not.

无论杜罗夫先生发生什么， 未来政府都可能引用这一事件， 以寻求为自己对社交媒体平台的镇压辩护，无论是否合理。

Mr Durov—who has been dubbed Russia's answer to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook—left Russia ten years ago, complaining that he had been forced to sell his first social network, the Facebook-ish VKontakte, to Kremlin-friendly investors.

杜罗夫被称为俄罗斯对Facebook创始人马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）的回应，他在十年前离开了俄罗斯，抱怨他被迫将自己的第一个社交网络——带有Facebook风格的VKontakte——卖给对克里姆林宫友好的投资者。

On August 28th French prosecutors placed Mr Durov under formal investigation over Telegram's alleged failure to control illicit activity on the app, including the distribution of child sexual-abuse material (CSAM), and its refusal to co-operate with law enforcement.

8 月 28 日， 法国检察官对杜罗夫先生进行了正式调查， 原因是 Telegram 涉嫌未能控制该应用程序上的非法活动，包括传播儿童性虐待材料 (CSAM)，以及拒绝与执法部门合作。