谷歌拆分无人汽车业务 新成立Waymo公司

 　　Google is putting its self-driving car technology into a new company which it will call Waymo, the firm has announced. Waymo will be owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet.

　　谷歌日前宣布，将把其无人驾驶汽车技术投入一家名为Waymo的新公司。Waymo将归谷歌母公司Alphabet所有。

　　At a media event, the company showed the story of a blind man who was able to make a full trip using a prototype self-driving car.

　　在一次媒体活动中，Waymo公司讲述了一位盲人的故事，他能够使用原型无人驾驶汽车完成一次完整的旅行。

　　"Steve Mahan rode alone in our prototype vehicles, cruising through Austin's suburbs,” wrote Google's John Krafcik. "Steve is legally blind, so our sensors¹ and software were his chauffeur²."

　　谷歌的约翰·克拉富西克写道：“史蒂夫·马汉独自驾驶我们的原型汽车，游览了奥斯汀的郊区。史蒂夫是法定盲人，所以我们的传感器和软件是他的司机。”

　　谷歌拆分无人汽车业务 新成立Waymo公司

　　Mr Krafcik will become Waymo's chief executive. The company said it will try to apply the technology behind self-driving vehicles to other purposes.

　　克拉富西克先生将成为Waymo的首席执行官。该公司表示，会尝试将无人驾驶汽车背后的技术用作其他目的。

　　While other companies, most notably³ electric car maker⁴ Tesla, have managed to roll out elements of self-driving technology to real roads, Google has been taking a far more cautious approach.

　　虽然其他公司，如最著名的电动汽车制造商特斯拉，已经设法将无人驾驶技术的元素到推广到真正的道路上，但是谷歌一直采取更加谨慎的方法。

　　The Waymo's announcement could suggest that Google will deviate⁵ from its original goal of only offering 100% self-driving vehicles.

　　Waymo公司的声明可能暗示，谷歌将偏离其原始目标--仅提供100％无人驾驶汽车。

　　Google did not respond to reports that it was abandoning making its own car in favour of working with other, perhaps more established, carmakers.

　　有报道称，谷歌放弃制造自己的汽车，也许是为了与更成熟的汽车制造商达成合作。不过谷歌公司并未对此作出回应。

1 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

2 chauffeur   

n.(受雇于私人或公司的)司机；v.为…开车

参考例句：

• The chauffeur handed the old lady from the car.这个司机搀扶这个老太太下汽车。
• She went out herself and spoke to the chauffeur.她亲自走出去跟汽车司机说话。

3 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

4 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

5 deviate   

v.(from)背离，偏离

参考例句：

• Don't deviate from major issues.不要偏离主要问题。
• I will never deviate from what I believe to be right.我绝不背离我自信正确的道路。