德国方面要求谷歌公布搜索算法_BEC初级作文

德国方面要求谷歌公布搜索算法

Berlin is calling on Google to disclose details of the secret formula that has allowed it to monopolise web search in Europe, in a move that is likely to be welcomed by competitors and fiercely resisted by the US tech company.

柏林方面呼吁谷歌(Google)公布使其得以垄断欧洲互联网搜索市场的详细秘方，此举可能会受到谷歌竞争对手的欢迎，但将遭到这家美国科技公司的强烈抵制。

In an interview with the Financial Times, Germany’s justice minister Heiko Maas said Google had to become more “transparent” about the algorithm used to create search engine rankings.

在接受英国《金融时报》采访时，德国司法部长海科•马斯(Heiko Maas)表示，谷歌必须在用来创建其搜索引擎排名的算法方面变得更为“透明”。

But Robert Kimmitt, a former US ambassador to Germany, was highly critical of his comments. European companies and countries “should be concerned about calls for appropriation of intellectual property”, he told the FT.

但曾任美国驻德国大使的罗伯特•金米特(Robert Kimmitt)毫不留情地批评了马斯的言论。他告诉英国《金融时报》，欧洲的企业和国家“应为侵占知识产权的呼声感到担忧。”

The new offensive comes with Google and other US internet companies facing pressure across Europe over their growing dominance of online markets and handling of personal data in the wake of the US internet surveillance scandal.