谷歌CEO表態希望能重返中國大陸

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the Internet giant is open to returning its search business to China, if it could be done right, he told an industry conference.

日前，互聯網巨頭谷歌的首席執行官桑達爾·皮查伊在行業會議上表示，如果一切順利，谷歌將重新向中國開放搜索業務。

"We can do it in the right and thoughtful way, we are always open to it," said Pichai at the Code conference here. "I care about serving consumers everywhere."

“我們會以正確、深思熟慮的方式來處理，我們持絕對的開放態度。”皮查伊在Code大會上說。“我希望看到谷歌的服務遍佈每一個角落。”

Google pulled out of mainland China and moved its Chinese-language search engine to Hong Kong in 2010 after a series of cyber attacks on Google originated in the country. Google also said it would stop censoring search results in China.

2010年，在遭受一系列網絡攻擊之後，谷歌退出中國大陸，將中文搜索的業務轉向香港。谷歌公司還表示將停止在中國審查搜索結果。

The controversial move cut Google off from the fast-growing Chinese market, one that's been courted by rival Facebook and constitutes the second-biggest market for Apple.

發展迅速的中國市場一直受到競爭者臉書的青睞，也是蘋果公司的第二大市場。因此，谷歌的退出引起了衆多爭議。

Due to a reorganization last year, Brin and co-founder Larry Page now run Alphabet, a holding company that includes the company's "moonshot activities," while Pichai runs Google.

經過去年的重組之後，目前布林和共同創始人拉里·佩奇正在掌控研製“月球探測器”的母公司Alphabet，而皮查伊則負責谷歌業務。

Much of Pichai's session at Code was devoted to Google's development of artificial intelligence for voice-activated searches. Pichai said Google sensed a shift in what it could do three to four years ago, performing more effective voice searches, and transitioned.

皮查伊在Code大會上的談話主要涉及到谷歌研發語音搜索的人工智能技術。皮查伊表示，谷歌在三四年前才意識到語音搜索的有效性，所以改變了發展戰略。

"We saw significant step changes," he said. "We felt the inflection point and made a big shift internally."

“我們從中看到巨大的機會，”他說。“我們認爲這是一個拐點，並在公司內部進行了重大改變。”

Now one out of every five searches are done via voice, instead of keyboard typing, and Pichai expects that to greatly grow over the next years.

不用鍵盤打字而使用語音搜索的公司還不到五分之一。皮查伊預計，未來幾年，語音搜索將呈現大幅增長。

Google will release a voice-activated speaker, Google Home, similar to Amazon's Echo, later this year. Pichai said it will be different because it will play to Google's strengths. "We will be building a true conversational device."

今年晚些時候，谷歌將會推出與亞馬遜的Echo類似的智能語音設備Google Home。皮查伊表示，Google Home的不同在於具有谷歌的優勢。“我們將會配置真正的對話設備。”