老外喜歡支付寶，外國博主撰寫詳細使用指南
What Features Does Alipay Have?
支付寶有什麼功能
At first glance I was happy to find numerous facets akin to what many foreigners have become accustomed to using on Wechat Wallet – a QR scanner, Mobile and utilities top-up, lottery services, and fund transfer to contacts options.
一看到它的界面我就很高興，因爲我發現許多功能和微信錢包一樣，對於老外來說很熟悉，有掃描二維碼、充值中心、樂透、轉帳給其他人等功能。
Alipay also has menus for movie tickets, Didi taxi hailing, a Dianping-style restaurant review section, and food delivery via Koubei. Exclusive to Alipay, there's a parcel delivery section, allowing you to send packages via a delivery serviceman who will to come to your home or office.
支付寶裏面還有淘票票、滴滴打車、口碑外賣。除了支付寶，還有快遞服務，能夠呼叫快遞員上門或者到公司。
More skeptical users, however, might complain that all these extras make the Alipay menu too busy and overstuffed, especially if they're accustomed to WeChat Wallet's more straightforward (albeit far more limited) options.
當然也會有不少挑剔的用戶會抱怨這些新增的功能讓支付寶顯得累贅，對於那些喜歡微信錢包那種直截了當的界面的用戶來說尤其如此。
Registration Guide
註冊指南：
Step 1
第一步
It should be noted that historically the biggest issue with setting up both WeChat and Alipay comes when adjoining your bank card to your account.
在微信和支付寶的安裝過程中最重要的莫過於將你的支付寶和銀行卡相關聯。
This step entails replicating your name exactly how it is registered at your bank, which from personal experience is often, but not always, LAST MIDDLE FIRST names (in all caps) with spaces in between and no commas.
在這一步中你填入的賬戶的姓名要與你在銀行登記的完全一致，從個人的經驗來看，不完全適用於所有情況，不過通常是名字，教名（中間名），姓（所有字母均大寫），中間加空格，不加逗號。
This however can vary between banks or even between tellers that have entered your details that day, so if that doesn't work then the only way to ensure that you get it right is by going to you bank branch or give them a call to verify the name with registered them.
不過，這個信息會根據（你在銀行註冊）當天操作你信息的銀行、甚至是櫃員而有變動，如果自己搞不定那唯一的辦法就是，致電開戶行，確認當時申請銀行卡時的姓名。
If you enter the incorrect details more than three times then you will be temporarily locked out and unable to attempt to register again for 24 hours.
如果你的信息輸入錯誤超過三次，那麼你的賬戶會被暫時鎖定，要24小時之後才能再嘗試輸入。
Step 2
第二步
Comparatively, these next parts should be quite simple: Begin by searching for Alipay on your app store.
相比較而言，剩下的步驟就容易多了，在你的手機應用商城搜索支付寶。
You'll find an English version with a blue logo and a slogan that says "Alipay: Makes Life Easier."
你會看到一個英文版藍色標誌和標語：“支付寶：讓生活更簡單”。
Hit the download button and hope that Alipay holds true to its promise.
點擊下載，支付寶會兌現諾言。
Upon installation, Alipay automatically went to my iPhone's Apple ID, and asked for my credit card information connected with my Apple ID.
在安裝完成以後，支付寶會自動關聯我的蘋果賬戶，並且會向我索取關聯在蘋果賬戶上的信用卡的信息。
It's an international credit card, which irked me because I wanted to use my domestic Chinese bank account with Alipay.
讓我感到煩躁的是：那是一張國際信用卡，而我想用中國當地的銀行卡綁定支付寶。
But I went ahead and entered the information, hoping they'd let me use my account of choice later on.
不過我還是輸入了信息，希望他們之後能讓我自己選擇使用哪個賬戶。
I was then sent an SMS pin – just like when logging onto Wi-Fi at a café – and after I punched that in and set up a personal password, the Alipay app was up and running on my phone.
接着我收到短信驗證碼，就像使用在咖啡廳的無線網一樣，我收到以後，（根據提示）創建密碼，然後支付寶賬戶建立完成，就可以在手機上使用了。
