Brain drain is a problem for many poor countries.

对许多贫困的国家而言，人才外流是个问题。

Those with means in education had all fled, resulting in a massive brain drain.

那些有能力接受教育的人都逃离了，导致了大规模的人才流失 。

So, a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears.

因此，brain drain（人才流失）可能听起来像是大脑从耳朵流出去的一种疾病。

China's " People's Daily Newspaper" said last year that China has the world's worst brain drain.

中国的《人民日报》曾报道去年中国经历了世界上最严重的人才流失。

But, brain drain is when a country's most educated people leave their countries to live in another.

但是brain drain的意思是指一个国家教育程度最高的人离开祖国到别的国家去生活。

Parry's work on " online vigilance" led him to wonder how strong brain drain's effects really are.

帕里对“在线警觉”的研究让他想知道认知流失的影响到底有多严重。

One study found that unless they lose more than 20% of their university graduates, the brain drain makes poor countries richer.

一份研究发现，除非穷国有超过20%的大学毕业生流失，要不然人才流失会使它们更加富裕。

Parry became interested in brain drain first from studying multitasking and then from investigating something called " online vigilance… "

帕里对认知流失开始感兴趣，是因为他起初研究了多任务处理，然后研究了一种名为“在线警觉… … ”的东西。

For some people, there still could be a significant brain drain, but for others, it could be more of a drip.

一些人可能存在严重的认知流失，而另一些人则可能只流失了一点点。

Past studies on brain drain looked primarily at five cognitive functions: working memory, sustained attention, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility and fluid intelligence.

先前关于认知流失的研究主要关注五种认知功能: 工作记忆、持续性注意力、抑制性控制、认知灵活性和流体智力。

This causes so-called " brain drain" -- loss of people with needed skills.I'm Milagros Ardin.

这会导致所谓的“人才流失”——失去具备所需技能的人才。我是 Milagros Ardin。

" Brain drain" is when a country or an area – a region – loses the best minds.

“人才流失”是指一个国家或一个地区——一个地区——失去了最优秀的人才。

And so we have benefited from the brain drain of every other country for the last couple of decades.

因此，在过去的几十年里，我们从其他国家的人才流失中受益。

This is a problem for developing countries because it means skilled people are leaving to work in richer countries—this is what is called a brain drain.

这在发展中国家的确是个问题。因为有技能的人都奔往富裕的国家，这就导致了发展中国家人才外流。

But in a new meta-analysis that looked at data from 27 different brain drain studies, the story of the brain drain hypothesis has gotten a little more complicated.

一项新的元分析中，研究人员对27项不同认知流失数据进行了分析，发现认知流失假说的故事变得有点复杂。

Low pay and grueling hours aren't just dispiriting for individuals; they fuel the brain drain that has contributed to Congress's crippling lack of institutional knowledge.

低薪和艰苦的工作时间不仅让个人感到沮丧，还加剧了人才流失，导致国会严重缺乏制度性知识。

It's a significant brain drain in part because it does not seem that it is getting passed down to younger scientists.

这是一个严重的人才流失，部分原因是它似乎并没有传给年轻的科学家。

Rich countries are thus likely to benefit from looser immigration policy; and fears that poor countries will suffer as a result of a “brain drain” are overblown.

因此，富国可能会从更加宽松的移民政策中受益，而穷国会因“人才流失”受损的担忧被夸大了。

So the professionalized immigration from Asia is in many ways a " brain drain" for those countries from which the immigrants came.

因此，从许多方面来说，来自亚洲的专业移民对于移民来源国来说是一种“人才流失”。

The growing number of scientists choosing to live and work in China has helped reverse a decadeslong “brain drain” that cost the country some of its brightest scientific talent.

越来越多的科学家选择在中国生活和工作，这有助于扭转长达十年的“人才外流”，这种外流让中国失去了一些最优秀的科学人才。