縮編計畫
Google Taiwan began laying off workers on March 1 following its parent company Alphabet Inc.’s January announcement to reduce its global workforce by 6%.
繼母公司Alphabet一月份宣布全球裁員6％後，谷歌台灣3月1日起也開始裁員。
announcement(n.)宣布、公布
Taiwan is Google’s largest research and development center for hardware outside of the US.
台灣是谷歌在美國以外最大的硬體研發中心。
hardware(n.)硬體software(n.)軟體
Before the planned layoffs, Google Taiwan employed more than 3,000 workers.
在計劃裁員之前，谷歌台灣員工總人數達三千多名。
planned(adj.)計劃好的employ(v.)聘僱=hireemployee(n.)受雇者、員工employer(n.)雇主employment(n.)聘僱
Although the exact number of employees to be let go has yet to be announced, several news sources have stated that 180 workers or more may be affected.
儘管具體裁汰人數尚未公佈，但有消息指出，將有180多位員工受到影響。
have yet to尚未
Google has noted that as part of the downsizing plan, it will offer support for those who are released.
谷歌表示，作為縮編計畫的一部分，將為那些被資遣的員工提供支援。
as part of sth.作為～的一部分downsize(v.)裁員、縮減規模scale down縮減規模=scale backupsize(v.)擴大規模release(v.)排放、釋放
Following Alphabet’s 2022 fourth quarter sales and revenue both failing to meet expectations, workers at other Google locations in the Asia Pacific region were let go at the end of February.
Alphabet在2022年第四季的業績與營收均未達到預期，2月底谷歌在亞太地區其他地點也有員工遭解僱。
revenue(n.)收益、營收fail to RV未能做到某事
However, Alphabet is not the only major tech company to be laying off employees as the industry faces worldwide economic uncertainty.
不過，因為科技業正面臨全球經濟不確定性，Alphabet並非唯一一家裁員的大型科技公司。
economic uncertainty經濟不確定性
Other tech giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have also recently made moves to reduce their workforces due to falling global demand and high inflation.
由於全球需求下降、通膨居高不下，亞馬遜和微軟等其他科技巨頭最近也在裁員。
demand(n.)需求(量)supply(n.)供給(量)、供應in demand搶手on demand一經要求，在有需求時