优步宣称：我们并没有窃取谷歌的自驾技术

　　Uber has said claims it used self-driving technology stolen from Google were “demonstrably false”.

　　优步宣称，优步所使用的自驾技术绝不是从谷歌窃取来的。

　　Waymo - a company spun out of Google - filed a lawsuit in February claiming former employee Andrew Levandowski had stolen 14,000 documents relating to LiDAR, a core technology used to guide autonomous vehicles.

　　Waymo公司是从谷歌公司独立出来的一家公司，该公司在二月份的时候提出法律诉讼，声称前职工Andrew Levandowski窃取了有关激光雷达的一万四千份文件。这项科技是无人驾驶技术的核心。

　　Mr. Levandowski went on to co-found Otto, a self-driving truck company acquired by Uber for 660 million dollars last year.

　　Levandowski 接下来在一家合资公司Otto工作，这家卡车无人驾驶公司被优步在去年以六十六亿美元的价格收购。

　　Waymo requested a judge grant an injunction on the use of the disputed technology, which could take Uber’s self-driving fleet - currently being tested in a few locations in the US - off the roads.

　　Waymo公司要求法官发布禁制令，来限制存在争议的科技的使用。这将使优步的无人驾驶汽车不能上路。这些汽车最近刚在美国的几个地方接受了测试。

　　At a hearing earlier this week, Uber sought to convince a judge that an injunction would be unfair.

　　在本周早些时候，优步试图说服法官让他知道禁止令是不公平的。

　　"Waymo’s injunction motion is a misfire,” said Angela Padilla, a lawyer for Uber, said in a statement on Friday.

　　优步公司的律师Angela Padilla 在周五的发布会上说：“Waymo的限制令提议没有奏效 ”

　　There is no evidence that any of the 14,000 files in question ever touched Uber’s servers, and Waymo’s assertion that our multi-lens LiDAR is the same as their single-lens LiDAR is clearly false.”

　　“没有任何证据表明，优步的服务器使用了任何存在争议的一万四千份文件。Waymo声称我们的多镜头激光雷达和他们单镜头激光雷达一模一样，这是完全错误的”

　　Part of Uber’s defense is also an admission that it lags behind its competitors in the autonomous race. It said while it has been developing its own LiDAR tech, it has so far needed to rely on third-party companies to provide the system for its cars.

　　优步的一些辩护同时也承认了他们在无人驾驶方面落后于对手。当他们提升自身激光雷达技术的时候，需要依赖于第三方公司为车辆提供系统。

　　If Waymo genuinely thought that Uber was using its secrets, it would not have waited more than five months to seek an injunction,” Ms. Padilla added.

　　Padilla女士补充说：“如果Waymo 真的认为优步在使用他们的机密，在五个月之内就会寻求禁制令”

　　Waymo doesn’t meet the high bar for an injunction, which would stifle our independent innovation - probably Waymo’s goal in the first place.

　　“Waymo公司没有达到禁制令的门槛，禁制令将扼杀我们独立的创造力，也许这正是Waymo的第一个目标。”

　　Pleading the fifth.

　　第五条诉状。

　　Waymo argued that blueprints, mistakenly sent to Waymo via email last December, showed Uber’s plans to use the stolen designs in future.

　　Waymo称去年十二月误发到Waymo邮箱里的蓝图，曝光了优步在将来使用被盗设计的计划。

　　The company dismissed Uber’s assertion that none of the files were on its servers by pointing out that the firm’s search had not been able to include the computer belonging to the man at the centre of the controversy, Mr Levandowski.

　　优步声称没有任何文件投入使用，但Waymo公司驳回了这一论点，因为该公司的调查没有包括那个处于争议中心的人--Levandowski的电脑。

　　At a recent court hearing, held in private but leaked to the press, Mr Levandowski invoked his Fifth Amendment rights, a constitutional clause that allows US citizens to resist any request to share information that could put them at risk of self-incrimination.

　　在最近的一场法庭听证会上(虽然是秘密进行但向媒体泄露了信息)，Levandowski援引第五修正案的权利。这条宪法条款允许美国公民拒绝透露任何可能让他们有自证其罪风险的信息。

　　The presiding judge advised that Uber should be firmer with Mr Levandowski in order to get access to the files - such as threatening to fire him if he did not co-operate.

　　主持的法官建议优步公司应该严肃处理Levandowski以获得查看其文件的机会，如果他不合作就炒掉他。

　　If you cannot find them in your files there is going to be a preliminary injunction,” Judge William Alsup warned Uber.

　　Judge William Alsup 警告优步：“如果你们不能在他的文件里找到那14000份有争议的文件，将会有一个初步的禁令”

　　You’re not denying it, no one is denying he has the 14,000 files. You keep on your payroll someone who took 14,000 documents and is liable to use them.”

　　“你们并没有否认这件事，也没有人否认他拥有那14000份文件。你们在继续雇佣那个拿走14000份文件而且很有可能使用这些文件的人”。

　　He added: "This is an extraordinary case. I have never seen a record this strong in 42 years. So you are up against it.”

　　他补充说：“这是一个非同寻常的案子，我42年来从来没见过这么确凿的记载，你们正在挑战它”

（编辑：何莹莹）