编者按：近两年来，女性在董事会中的比例一直在上升，今年一季度更是大幅增长。季刊《董事会》调查显示，今年前三个月，新任董事中有38%是女性。形成这一现象有很多方面的原因。
Are more women moving into corporate boardrooms?
有更多女性正在进入公司董事会吗？
At least one study says yes. In the first three months of the year, 38% of new directors 38 of 101 appointments were women, according to data compiled by quarterly journal Directors & Boards. That's the highest number and percentage since the publication began counting in 1994.
至少有一项调查的结果是这样。季刊《董事会》(Directors & Boards)整理的数据显示，今年前三个月，新任董事中有38%是女性──任命的101位董事中有38位女性。这是该期刊1994年开始这项统计以来女性新任董事人数和比例最高的一次。
Women's share of board appointments has been climbing for the past two years and spiked in the most recent quarter, says James Kristie, editor of Directors & Boards. For all of 2007 and 2008, it averaged about 25%; in 2006 it was 18.5%.
《董事会》编辑詹姆斯·克莉丝蒂(James Kristie)说，近两年来，女性在董事会中的比例一直在上升，今年一季度更是大幅增长。2007年和2008年，女性董事的比例平均约为25%，2006年为18.5%。
