Cambridgegraduates are the most employable in the world, according to a global league table. The ancient university is the best at producing graduates who are ‘ready to work’, a poll of major employers found.

一项全球排名调查显示，英国剑桥大学的毕业生是全世界最适宜被雇佣的毕业生。接受票选的雇主们表示，古老的剑桥大学培养出来的学生都是“适合工作”的。

Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year. Harvard and Yale – part of the US‘Ivy League’ of universities – were second and third respectively.

去年的榜首——牛津大学，今年却跌至第四位。美国常春藤成员——哈佛大学和耶鲁大学则分别占据了第二、三名。有5所英国大学进入了榜单的前20，较之去年多了1所。在全部榜单的150所大学中英国共有12所大学上榜，在总体表现上略输于美国。

But the UK as a country came third – behind the US and Germany- when companies were asked to name the best nation for producing work-ready graduates.

不过，当业主被问及哪个国家提供最多“适合工作”的毕业生时，英国却位列第三，排在美国和德国之后。

The table – the Global Employability University Ranking published by the International New York Times – also showed that universities in Asian countries were rapidly gaining ground on their western counterparts.

这份全球就业能力大学排名榜单由《国际纽约时报》发布，还反映出亚洲的大学正迅速培养出一批人才，与西方大学分庭抗礼。

Asian universities claimed 20 percent of the top 150 places in 2014 compared with only 10 percent when the tables were first published in 2010.

今年亚洲大学占据榜单前150位中的20%，比2010年榜单第一次发布时仅有的10%有了明显的增长。

The other British universities in the top 20 were University College London, in 14th place, Imperial College London, in 15th, andEdinburgh, 18th.

其余位列前20的英国大学有：第14名的英国大学伦敦学院、紧随其后的第15名帝国理工学院和位列第18的爱丁堡大学。

The coordinators of the table said it showed the gulf between a small number of eliteUKuniversities and less prestigious institutions.

排行榜的负责人说，这反映了少数英国精英大学和不太知名的教育机构之间的差距。

Laurent Dupasquier, managing partner at Emerging, a French human resources consultancy, said: ‘The top tier players, global brands (which tend to be all American and British), continue to lead, while other Anglo-Saxon universities, those that are mainly regional players, tend to fare less well, with an average of five places lost in comparison with last year.

一家法国人力资源咨询公司的经营合伙人劳伦·达帕斯奎尔（Laurent Dupasquier）表示：“世界最顶层的竞争者，那些全球知名学府（他们大多是英美的），仍然位列前茅。但是其他的英国大学多数都是地区性的学府，表现稍逊，与去年相比，这些学府平均失去了5个榜单位置。”

‘Like the premier league, the champions have an international community of students and think internationally, unlike their more locally oriented counterparts.’

“跟英超一样，这些知名大学有来自全球各地的学生和国际化思维，不像其他以地区为导向的同行们。”

The table was compiled following a survey of 2,500 major recruiters in 20 countries. Employers were asked to rank universities against a range of criteria including their production of graduates who are ready to work and their links with business.

这个榜单是根据一项针对20个国家的2500所主流招聘企业进行的调查结果排出的。这些企业的业主根据一系列标准对大学进行排名，标准包括对“适宜工作”的毕业生的培养以及学校与行业的联系等。

The study claimed that ‘the days of ivory towers are over’.

这份研究声称“象牙塔时代已经终结。”

Graduates ‘should be firmly planted in their field of expertise as a result of practical training and internships’, it said.

毕业生们“应该为了实习和实际工作，扎实巩固自己的专业知识。”

TOP 20: GLOBALEMPLOYABILITYUNIVERSITYRANKING 2014 REVEALED

2014年全球大学毕业生就业能力排行榜 前20名

1.University of Cambridge, UK 英国剑桥大学

2.Harvard University, U.S. 美国哈佛大学

3.Yale University, U.S. 美国耶鲁大学

4.University of Oxford, UK 英国牛津大学

5.California Institute of Technology,U.S. 美国加州理工学院

6.Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. 美国马萨诸塞州理工学院

7.Stanford University, U.S. 美国斯坦福大学

8.Technische Universität München, Germany 德国慕尼黑工业大学

9.Princeton University, U.S. 美国普林斯顿大学

10.University of Tokyo, Japan 日本东京大学

11.Columbia University, U.S. 美国哥伦比亚大学

12.University of California, Berkeley, U.S. 美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校

13.University of Toronto, Canada 加拿大多伦多大学

14.University College London, UK 英国伦敦大学学院

15.Imperial College London, UK 英国帝国理工学院

16.Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 香港科技大学

17.École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France 法国巴黎高等师范学校

18.University of Edinburgh, UK 英国爱丁堡大学

19.Johns Hopkins University, U.S. 美国约翰霍普金斯大学

20.Peking University, China 中国北京大学

(翻译 菠萝油八戒 编辑 Helen）