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German translation: Abwanderung von Fachkräften


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English term or phrase:brain drain
German translation:Abwanderung von Fachkräften
Entered by: Chris Hopley
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11:35 Jul 28, 2004
English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / knowledge migration
English term or phrase: brain drain
(See also my previous question 'brain drain': http://www.proz.com/kudoz/773538)

Is there an established translation in German for "brain drain", i.e. a deficit in the balance of highly qualified people leaving and entering a country.

I don't have a context, as I'm working on a search profile to locate texts in German about brain gain, brain drain and knowledge migration. So any thoughts about other suitable keywords would also be most welcome.

Thanks for any input!
Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 02:28
Abwanderung qualifizierter Fachkräfte
Explanation:
or "Abwanderung von Fachkräften"

If you enter the strings into any search engine you will find lots of links!
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xxxAngela Heine
Local time: 02:28
Grading comment
Thanks again, Angela.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5Abwanderung qualifizierter FachkräftexxxAngela Heine
1 +6Brain drain
Frédéric Bégon


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Abwanderung qualifizierter Fachkräfte


Explanation:
or "Abwanderung von Fachkräften"

If you enter the strings into any search engine you will find lots of links!

xxxAngela Heine
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks again, Angela.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian: Yes, that's it.
4 mins
agree  Wenjer Leuschel: Guter Rat.
9 mins
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: oder Abwanderung von Wissenschaftlern (Langenscheidt)
16 mins
agree  anisco: auch von Know-how-Trägern
23 mins
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
28 mins
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Brain drain


Explanation:
In French we use the same words as in English, so that I suppose it is also the same in German.

Frédéric Bégon
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Christian: No, "Brain drain" is not German.// Of course, words such as "Ticket", "Brain Drain" and "Power" are used in German, but this is not German - it's Denglish. The asker wants an EN-DE *translation*.
2 mins
agree  Andreas Zantop: Frédéric is right; we do use the same term in German.
3 mins
agree  xxxIanW: According to my Langenscheidt, this does exist in German, albeit capitalised and hyphenated - "Brain-Drain" - and for Chris' purposes, this is probably the best word to use, given the craze for English words in German
5 mins
agree  Wenke Geddert: Laut Duden: Brain|drain, auch: Brain-Drain ['] der; -s : Abwanderung von Wissenschaftlern ins Ausland
12 mins
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: Collins sagt, ein Wort nach neuer Rechtschreibung
15 mins
neutral  anisco: ehrlich gesagt, der Ausdruck wird höchst selten angewandt, wenn, dann würde ich ihn mit Anführungszeichen schmücken.
22 mins
agree  Cécile Kellermayr: Wird auch im Deutschen oft verwendet, allerdings meist zusätzlich erklärt
40 mins
agree  Olaf Reibedanz
1 hr
agree  Richard Benham: One thing I don't understand: Why does it seem that *every* country complains about the brain-drain? Where do all the intelligent people actually end up?
9 hrs
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