- Kingsoft
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name = Kingsoft
type = Public (hkex|3888)
genre = Software
foundation = 1989
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location_city =Zhuhai
location_country = China
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area_served =East Asia
key_people =Pak Kwan Kau Chair and CEO,
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homepage = [http://www.kingsoft.com Kingsoft Homepage]
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intl =Kingsoft (zh-cpl|c=金山软件|p=jīnshān ruǎnjiàn|l=
Gold Mountain Software) is asoftware company located in China. Its products includeKingsoft Office andPowerWord .It states:"We are a leading online game and applications software developer and distributor in China. We offer a portfolio of online games, information security software, including anti-virus, anti-spy and firewall software, utility products, including dictionary, translation and other consumer software, and office applications software, including word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software, substantially all of which were developed by our in-house development teams."
It is listed in the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2007.Controversy
In 2007, Kingsoft
PowerWord , a translation and dictionary software, was blamed by a furniture company for a racial slur printed on the label of a couch. [cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/19/canada.couch.ap/ | title= Chinese translation error blamed for slur on sofa label | publisher= CNN | accessdate=2007-04-20 ] When the Chinese characters for "dark brown" (simplified: 黑褐, pinyin: hei1 he4) are typed into a version of Kingsoft's Chinese-English translation software, it produces, among other translations, the words "nigger brown". [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18228652/ Offensive furniture label traced to China firm] ] The company has corrected this in the 2007 release of PowerWord. [cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/sofa.asp|title=Hue & Cry|last=Mikkelson|first=Barbara|date=2007-05-15|publisher=snopes.com|accessdate=2008-06-24]References
External links
* [http://www.kingsoft.com Official website of Kingsoft]
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