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Microsoft Corp said it would cut about 2,850 more jobs over the next 12 months, taking its total planned job cuts to up to 4,700, or about 4 percent of its workforce.
微软公司称将在未来12个月内裁撤超过2850个职位，如此一来，该公司裁撤的职位总数就达到了4700个，占到了全体员工的4%。
The company said in May it would cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone business, most of them in Finland.
该公司称，5月份已经在智能手机业务方面裁撤了1850个职务，大部分在芬兰。
Microsoft bought Finland-based handset maker Nokia in 2014 in an ill-fated attempt to take on market leaders Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
微软于2014年收购了芬兰手机制造商诺基亚，本想挑战领军手机市场的苹果和三星，但是却惨淡收场。
Chief Executive Satya Nadella, who took the helm just two months before the deal closed, has since focused on restructuring the struggling phone business.
首席执行官萨特亚·纳德拉在收购诺基亚两个月前开始执掌微软，从那时起就致力于重组一直不怎么景气的手机业务。
Microsoft had about 114,000 full-time employees as of June 30.
到6月30日为止，微软一共有114000名全职员工。