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Britain's future relationship with Europe is still uncertain after the overwhelming defeat of Theresa May's deal in Parliament on January 15th.
英國與歐洲未來的關系仍是個未知數，此前1月15日，特雷莎·梅的脫歐協議在議會遭慘敗。
The worry for many British employers is that further messy negotiations and hostile political rhetoric will make it ever harder to attract skilled European workers.
很多英國雇主擔心更加混亂的談判和敵對的政治高調將更加難以吸引技術嫻熟的歐洲員工。
A sharp decline in the number coming is visible.
在不久的將來，這個數字的急劇下降是肉眼可見的。
Surveys of airport passengers show that net EU immigration in the 12 months to June 2018 added up to an estimated inflow of 74,000 people,
班機乘客調查表明到2018年6月為止的12個月內，凈歐盟移民流入估計增至74,000人，
compared with 189,000 in the year before the June 2016 Brexit referendum.
而在2016年6月脫歐公投之前，該數字為189,000。
But those figures do not make any distinction between skilled and unskilled workers.
但是那些數字并沒有對技術嫻熟和缺乏技能的工人做出任何區分。
An alternative approach is to look at data compiled by LinkedIn, a website that is used by more than 590m workers worldwide,
一種可替代方法是觀察領英網站編輯的數據，全世界有5.9億工作者使用該網站，
mostly well-paid white-collar ones, to share contact details and employment histories. All LinkedIn users record their location when they join.
其中大部分都是高薪白領，他們在此分享聯系方式以及工作經歷。所有的領英用戶在加入時都會標明他們的位置。
These data can be analysed to measure the attractiveness of the British labour market in two ways.
可以將這些數據進行分析，并用兩種方法估量英國勞工市場的吸引力。
First, they can be used to see if members in other countries are searching for jobs in London (the most attractive British city for overseas workers).
首先，它們可以被用于觀測其他國家的會員是否在搜索倫敦地區的工作（倫敦是最吸引海外員工的英國城市）。
The numbers show a clear, but not catastrophic, decline in Britain's appeal.
數字表明英國的吸引力出現了明顯但并不慘淡的下降。
London at the start of 2016 was the target of 15% of job hunts by workers from other countries in the EU; the proportion has since fallen to 12.6%.
2016年年初，來自歐盟其他國家的15%的求職者以倫敦為目標，后來這個比例降到了12.6%。
Rival European cities, such as Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin, have all increased their share of job searches to compensate for London's decline.
歐洲競爭城市，如阿姆斯特丹、巴黎和柏林，均增加了他們的求職比例以彌補倫敦的下降。
But Europeans have not been discouraged altogether from moving across the Channel. London remains the most popular city for job searches.
但是歐洲人并沒有因此打消跨越英吉利海峽的念頭。倫敦仍是最受歡迎的求職城市。
Another way of looking at the numbers is to see how many LinkedIn members move to a new country (this relies on the workers updating their profiles).
觀測數字的另一種方法是看有多少領英會員搬去一個新的國家（這要依靠員工們更新自己的資料）。
On this basis, there was a fairly sharp, 10% decline in the number of EU citizens shifting to Britain in 2017, followed by a rebound back to 2016 levels last year.
以此為基礎，出現了一個驟變，2017年搬到英國的歐盟市民人數下降10%，去年剛回彈至2016年水平。
But the fall and rebound are not adjusted for the fact that LinkedIn membership has increased by over a quarter since 2016.
但是下降和回彈并沒有考慮到自2016年起領英會員增加超過四分之一。
Britain has lost "market share" of skilled immigration, attracting 20.8% of intra-EU moves in 2018, down from 23.6% in 2016.
英國已經失去了熟練技工移民的“市場份額”，吸引歐盟內部求職者人數從2016年的23.6%降至2018年的20.8%。
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