'It is safe to anticipate that the company is constantly under pressure from the Chinese government to meet its demands,' Wei told VOA. Wei Jingsheng, a leading Chinese dissident living in exile in the United States, told VOA in a phone interview Monday that in his view, Google has been trying to put on a 'balancing act' - maintaining its reputation and credibility as a global internet giant operating around the world while finding a space to operate in the highly restrictive environment in China. While The Associated Press reported Monday that 'it is not clear how many users were using Google Translate in China,' the South China Morning Post cited an international data tracking company’s figure of 53.5 million visits to the platform in the month of August alone.ĪP noted that 'the translation feature built into the Google Chrome browser also no longer functions for users in China.' The translation service had been available to mainland Chinese users since 2017. 'The Google Translate mobile app was also discontinued a year ago in 2021,' a Google spokesperson told VOA on Monday in response to a request for further details on the company's decision.

The move surprised users, who said they first noticed not being able to access the function over the weekend. Google has ended its Google Translate service in mainland China, citing 'low usage' of one of its flagship products by mainland China users.

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