„We are discontinuing Google Translate in mainland China due to low usage,“ Google said in a statement. But according to web analytics platform Similarweb (via the South.
What just happened? One of the few remain Google services still available in mainland China, Google Translate, has been discontinued in the Asian nation, allegedly because hardly anyone was using it. The country’s dedicated website for Google Translate now redirects visitors to the Hong Kong version, which isn’t accessible from mainland China.
„We are discontinuing Google Translate in mainland China due to low usage,“ Google said in a statement. But according to web analytics platform Similarweb (via the South China Morning Post), the Chinese Google Translate website recorded 53.5 million visits from desktop and mobile users combined in August.
Google has had a complex relationship with China over the years.
