brain drain

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Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: breindrein — emigration of educated people
• Albanian: ikje e trurit — emigration of educated people
• Arabic: هِجْرَةُ الأَدْمِغَة (hijratu l-ʔadmiḡa) — emigration of educated people
• Arabic: هِجْرَةُ العُقُول (hijratu l-ʕuqūl) — emigration of educated people
• Armenian: ուղեղների արտահոսք (uġeġneri artahoskʻ) — emigration of educated people
• Azerbaijani: beyin aхını — emigration of educated people
• Belarusian: уце́чка мазго́ў (ucjéčka mazhów) — emigration of educated people
• Belarusian: адто́к мазго́ў (adtók mazhów) — emigration of educated people
• Belarusian: уцёкі мазго́ў (ucjóki mazhów) — emigration of educated people
• Belarusian: вы́цек мазго́ў (výcjek mazhów) — emigration of educated people
• Bengali: মেধা পাচার (medha pacar) — emigration of educated people
• Bulgarian: изти́чане на мо́зъци (iztíčane na mózǎci) — emigration of educated people
• Catalan: fuga de cervells — emigration of educated people
• Catalan: fugida de cervells — emigration of educated people
• Chinese Mandarin: 人才外流 (réncái wàiliú) — emigration of educated people
• Chinese Mandarin: 人才流失 (réncái liúshī) — emigration of educated people
• Czech: odliv mozků — emigration of educated people
• Danish: hjerneflugt — emigration of educated people
• Dutch: braindrain — emigration of educated people
• Dutch: hersenvlucht — emigration of educated people
• Dutch: kennisvlucht — emigration of educated people
• Esperanto: cerbofuĝo — emigration of educated people
• Estonian: ajude äravool — emigration of educated people
• Finnish: aivovuoto — emigration of educated people
• Finnish: aivovienti — emigration of educated people
• French: fuite des cerveaux — emigration of educated people
• French: exode des cerveaux — emigration of educated people
• Georgian: ტვინების გადინება (ṭvinebis gadineba) — emigration of educated people
• Georgian: ბრეინ-დრეინი (brein-dreini) — emigration of educated people
• German: Braindrain — emigration of educated people
• German: Gehirn-Abfluss — emigration of educated people
• German: Talentschwund — emigration of educated people
• Hebrew: בְּרִיחַת מוֹחוֹת (brikhát mokhót) — emigration of educated people
• Hindi: प्रतिभा पलायन (pratibhā palāyan) — emigration of educated people
• Hungarian: agyelszívás — emigration of educated people
• Icelandic: atgervisflótti — emigration of educated people
• Italian: fuga dei cervelli — emigration of educated people
• Italian: fuga di cervelli — emigration of educated people
• Japanese: 頭脳流出 (zunō ryūshutsu) — emigration of educated people
• Kannada: ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಪಲಾಯನ (pratibhā palāyana) — emigration of educated people
• Kazakh: ақыл көші (aqyl köşı) — emigration of educated people
• Korean: 두뇌유출 (dunoeyuchul) — emigration of educated people
• Korean: 인재유출 (injaeyuchul) — emigration of educated people
• Korean: 인적자원 유출 (injeokjawon yuchul) — emigration of educated people
• Latvian: smadzeņu aizplūšana — emigration of educated people
• Limburgish: briekingsdrieëg — emigration of educated people
• Lithuanian: protų nutekėjimas — emigration of educated people
• Macedonian: одлив на мозоци (odliv na mozoci) — emigration of educated people
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjerneflukt — emigration of educated people
• Iranian Persian: فَرارِ مَغْزْها (farâr-e maġzhâ) — emigration of educated people
• Polish: drenaż mózgów — emigration of educated people
• Portuguese: fuga de cérebros — emigration of educated people
• Romanian: brain drain — emigration of educated people
• Romanian: drenare a inteligenței — emigration of educated people
• Russian: уте́чка мозго́в (utéčka mozgóv) — emigration of educated people
• Russian: уте́чка умо́в (utéčka umóv) — emigration of educated people
• Serbo-Croatian: одлив мозгова — emigration of educated people
• Serbo-Croatian: одљев мозгова — emigration of educated people
• Serbo-Croatian: odliv mozgova — emigration of educated people
• Serbo-Croatian: odljev mozgova — emigration of educated people
• Slovak: odliv mozgov — emigration of educated people
• Slovene: beg možganov — emigration of educated people
• Spanish: fuga de cerebros — emigration of educated people
• Spanish: emigración de talentos — emigration of educated people
• Swedish: kompetensflykt — emigration of educated people
• Swedish: kunskapsflykt — emigration of educated people
• Swedish: hjärnflykt — emigration of educated people
• Swedish: forskarflykt — emigration of educated people
• Swedish: talangflykt — emigration of educated people
• Tajik: фирори мағзҳо (firor-i maġzho) — emigration of educated people
• Thai: สมองไหล (sà-mɔ̌ɔng-lǎi) — emigration of educated people
• Turkish: beyin göçü — emigration of educated people
• Ukrainian: ві́дті́к мі́зків (vídtík mízkiv) — emigration of educated people
• Urdu: دِماغی ہِجْرَت (dimāġī hijrat) — emigration of educated people
• Urdu: دِماغی نَقْل مَکانی (dimāġī naql makānī) — emigration of educated people
• Vietnamese: chảy máu chất xám — emigration of educated people