1. Unemployment, which this year averaged 17.5%, is high; analysts worry about a brain-drain. 失业率(今年的平均失业率是17.5%)居高不下；分析人士担心人才流失。
2. In some countries, such as Italy, a constant brain-drain is one more depressing symptom of a stagnant economy. 在有些国家，比如意大利，人才不断外流是经济不景气时的一个令人更加沮丧的现象。
3. High levels of irregular migration, problems of integration, and the issue of "brain drain" mask migrants' contributions to economic growth, globalization, and cultural diversity. 大量的无序移民、融合问题、以及“人才流失”问题遮盖了移民对经济增长、全球化和文化多样化作出的贡献。
4. But is this brain drain real, or merely a bit of self-justification? 这是真正的人才流失，还是仅仅是他们的一个自辩的理由呢？
5. If the brain drain becomes an irreversible trend, a vicious circle will take shape in Chinese academia. 如果人才流失成为一种不可逆转的趋势，那么，中国学术界将会形成恶性循环。
