小米不是在抄襲蘋果 只是鐵桿粉絲

Xiaomi, the Chinese handset maker that has been nicknamed the “Apple of China,” doesn’t view itself as an Apple copycat. But it is an unabashed Apple admirer.

手機制造商小米被稱爲“中國的蘋果”，卻並不認爲自己在抄襲蘋果(Apple)。不過，它的確是個毫不掩飾的蘋果崇拜者。

Hugo Barra, a Xiaomi vice president who was a Google executive, said in an on-stage interview on Tuesday at a tech conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., that he was a “huge Apple fan.” And he said that Xiaomi’s designers are inspired by great design, including Apple’s, but so are all designers.

週二，在加利福尼亞拉古納海灘舉行的一次科技大會上，曾擔任谷歌高管的小米副總裁雨果·巴拉(Hugo Barra)在舞臺上接受採訪時說，他是“蘋果的鐵桿粉絲”。他還說，小米的設計師受到了偉大設計的啓發，其中包括蘋果的設計，但所有設計師都是如此。

Mr. Barra said the iPhone 6, which he called the “most beautiful smartphone,” is no exception. Its designers borrowed some ideas from past smartphones made by HTC, he said. He added that Apple’s iOS 8 took some ideas from the Android software system and made them even better.

巴拉稱，iPhone 6也不例外。他把這款手機稱作“最漂亮的智能手機”。他說，iPhone 6的設計師從HTC製造的舊款智能手機上汲取了一些靈感。他還表示，蘋果的iOS 8從Android軟件系統上獲得了一些想法，並對這些想法進行了優化。

“Point me to a new product that had completely unique design language,” Mr. Barra said. “You’re not going to be able to find one.”

“請告訴我，哪一款新產品擁有完全不同的設計語言，”巴拉說。“你肯定找不到。”

Mr. Barra was responding to comments made by Jony Ive, Apple’s head of design, at a conference earlier this month. An audience member had asked Mr. Ive how he felt about companies that appear to be copying Apple, including Xiaomi.

巴拉是在迴應蘋果設計負責人喬納森·艾夫(Jonathan Ive)本月早些時候在一次會議上發表的評論。一名觀衆曾問艾夫如何看待小米等似乎在抄襲蘋果的公司。

Mr. Ive’s response was harsh: “I think it’s theft, and it’s lazy.”

艾夫的回答很尖刻：“我認爲這就是抄襲，是偷懶。”

Critics have accused Xiaomi of blatantly copying Apple, from the design of Apple products to the way Apple introduces products at events. When introducing new products, Xiaomi’s chief executive Lei Jun even dresses in jeans and dark shirts, similar to the iconic outfit repeatedly worn by the late Steven P. Jobs.

批評人士指責小米對蘋果進行了公然抄襲，從蘋果產品的設計到蘋果的新品發佈會都是如此。每當推出新產品時，小米的首席執行官雷軍甚至也會穿上牛仔褲和黑上衣，這與已經過世的史蒂芬·P·喬布斯(Steven P. Jobs)經常穿着的標誌性服裝很相似。

Still, Mr. Barra encouraged people to try Xiaomi’s products instead of leaping to the conclusion that the company is a copycat.

不過，巴拉還是鼓勵人們嘗試小米的產品，不要倉促得出結論，認爲小米在抄襲。

“People who see a picture on a website and criticize us for theft need to take a closer look,” he said. “I invite them to experience our products first hand.”

“在網上看到照片就批評我們抄襲的人，應該仔細看看，”他說。“我邀請他們來親自體驗我們的產品。”