Google（谷歌）日前發表聲明，對于其新推出的輸入法不當使用搜狐詞庫表示道歉。谷歌輸入法在近日推出后，就陷入了涉嫌抄襲和盜用的質疑，搜狐方面提出了確鑿證據證明該輸入法盜用了搜狗拼音輸入法詞庫。

A laptop screen shows the homepage of Google.cn in Beijing June 8, 2006. Google Inc, which is seeking to broaden its presence in China, on Monday apologized to Internet users and Sohu.com Inc. [Reuters]

Google Inc., which is seeking to broaden its presence in China, on Monday apologized to Internet users and Sohu.com Inc., one of the country's majorWeb portalsfor using third-party technology in its latest product rollout.

Sohu.com said an investigation by its technicians found amethod of typing in Chinese charactersreleased by Google in China last week had copied a product by Sohu.

In response, Google said the product had in its initial R&D stage been built "leveraging some non-Google database resources," but it had since upgraded the system.

"We are willing to face this issue of ours. While we apologize for the inconvenience this may have incurred to users and Sohu, we have also adopted immediate actions," Google said in a statement emailed to Reuters.

China is the world's second-largest Internet users after the United States, with around 137 million Web users.

（Agencies） 

Vocabulary:    

Web portal: 門戶網站

a method of typing in Chinese characters: 漢字輸入法

（英語點津陳蓓編輯）