Google（谷歌）日前发表声明，对于其新推出的输入法不当使用搜狐词库表示道歉。谷歌输入法在近日推出后，就陷入了涉嫌抄袭和盗用的质疑，搜狐方面提出了确凿证据证明该输入法盗用了搜狗拼音输入法词库。

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: 门户网站

a method of typing in Chinese characters: 汉字输入法

（英语点津陈蓓编辑）