Google's charitable arm has donated $1m to Unicef to help stop the spread of the Zika virus. The virus is suspected to be linked to a large number of babies born with underdeveloped brains in Brazil.

近日，谷歌的慈善部门捐赠了一百万美元给联合国儿童基金会，以帮助禁止寨卡病毒的传播。该病毒被认为是导致巴西大量新生儿大脑发育畸形的罪魁祸首。

In February, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency.

今年二月，世界卫生组织宣布，寨卡病毒已经成为全球公共卫生危机。

Google said its grant would help to raise awareness¹, reduce mosquito populations and support the development of vaccines². "Today we have Google engineers working with Unicef to analyse data, to determine how to map and anticipate the virus," the company said in a blog post.

谷歌表示，这笔捐款将用于提高防范意识、减少蚊虫数量以及支持疫苗开发等方面。谷歌的一篇博客这样写道：“今天我们的谷歌工程师和联合国儿童基金会一起分析数据，确定如何认清并对抗该病毒。”

The firm's team of volunteers is designing open-source software that will be able to collate³ data, such as weather and travel information, to help predict how Zika may spread.

公司的志愿者团队正在开发一组开源软件，用来收集比如天气及出行信息的相关数据，以此来帮助预测寨卡病毒是如何传播的。

Google said it had also updated its search engine to display detailed⁴ information about Zika - available in 16 languages - for visitors to the US and other countries. The company is also working with popular YouTube channels in Latin America to produce information videos about the virus.

谷歌公司表示已经更新了搜索引擎，以此显示出关于寨卡的详情。这些信息通过16种语言的形式来显示，使得去美国及其他国家的旅游者能够了解。此外，该公司还和拉丁美洲的YouTube进行合作，制作关于该病毒的视频。

The World Health Organisation⁵ has identified the Zika virus as a serious global threat, in the same category of importance as Ebola.

世界卫生组织已经确认寨卡病毒是严重的全球性威胁病毒，其严重性与埃博拉病毒为同一类别。