Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop① on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
一直以注重隐私著称的苹果公司已同意支付9500万美元就一项诉讼达成和解，诉讼涉及该公司被控利用其虚拟语音助手 Siri 窃听 iPhone 及其他新潮设备的用户。
The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple surreptitiously② activated Siri to record conversations through iPhones and other devices equipped with the virtual assistant for more than a decade.
1月7日，一份拟议和解协议在加利福尼亚州奥克兰联邦法院提交，旨在解决一场持续了5年的诉讼。该诉讼指控苹果公司在过去十多年中秘密激活 Siri，以记录用户在 iPhone 及其他配备该语音助手的电子设备上的对话内容。
Apple isn’t acknowledging any wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White. Lawyers in the case have proposed scheduling a Feb. 14 court hearing in Oakland to review the terms.
在和解协议中，苹果公司不承认有任何不当行为，该协议仍需获得美国地区法官杰弗里·怀特的批准。该案律师提议于2月14日在奥克兰举行法庭听证会，以审查相关条款。
If the settlement is approved, tens of millions of consumers who owned iPhones and other Apple devices from Sept. 17, 2014, through the end of last year could file claims. Each consumer could receive up to $20 per Siri-equipped device covered by the settlement, although the payment could be reduced or increased, depending on the volume of claims. Only 3% to 5% of eligible③ consumers are expected to file claims, according to estimates in court documents.
如果和解协议获得批准，从2014年9月17日至2024年年底拥有 iPhone 和其他苹果设备的数千万消费者将有资格提出索赔。根据和解协议，每个符合条件的消费者每台配备 Siri 的设备最多可获得20美元的赔偿，但实际赔偿金额可能会根据索赔人数的多少而相应减少或增加。据法庭文件的估算，预计仅有3%至5%符合条件的消费者会提出索赔。
Eligible consumers will be limited to seeking compensation on a maximum of five devices.
协议限制符合条件的消费者最多为五台设备申请赔偿。
【注释】
① eavesdrop：[ˈi:vzdrɒp] v. to listen secretly to what other people are saying 偷听，窃听（其他人谈话）。
② surreptitiously：[ˌsʌr.əpˈtɪʃ.əs.li] adv. secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing 秘密地，偷偷地；鬼鬼祟祟地。
③ eligible：[ˈelɪdʒəbl] adj. a person who is eligible for sth or to do sth, is able to have or do it because they have the right qualifications, are the right age, etc. 有资格的；合格的；具备条件的。
