GOOGLE DISCONTINUES GOOGLE TRANSLATE IN MAINLAND CHINA

Google has discontinued its Google Translate services in mainland China, removing one of the company’s few remaining services that it had provided in a country where most Western social media platforms are blocked. The Google Translate app and website now display a generic search bar and a link redirecting Chinese users to its page in Hong Kong, which is blocked on the mainland. Users reported not being able to access the service since last weekend, according to Chinese social media posts. The translation feature built into the Google Chrome browser also no longer functions for users in China. The Google Translate service was discontinued in China due to “low usage,” Google said in a statement. It is not clear how many users were using Google Translate in China. The U.S. technology firm’s has a…

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