ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneur
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West.

Why you should listen

ShaoLan is an entrepreneur, angel investor, geek, writer, traveller and dreamer. She is the founder and creator of Chineasy, which she launched after her TED Talk in Long Beach, California in 2013.

In just over three years, she has built Chineasy into one of the most popular methods of learning Chinese across the Internet with several hundred thousand fellow learners. Her first book, Chineasy, The New Way to Read Chinese, was launched in March 2014 and has been translated into 18 languages. Her next book, Chineasy Everyday, was launched in March 2016.

ShaoLan is a tech entrepreneur with extensive business experience. At the age of 22, while studying for her MBA, she wrote four best-selling books on software in Taiwan, and her books were bundled by Microsoft. She co-founded pAsia, one of the major players on Internet in Asia in 1990’s. After a second masters degree at the University of Cambridge, she began Caravel Capital in 2005 to advise young tech companies.

Chineasy represents a return for ShaoLan to her artistic upbringing and in many ways a design project. This project is the culmination of her life’s journey through the East and West. Her aim is to help people to understand China, Chinese culture, its language and to bridge the gap between East and West. Her next step is to help Chinese children to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of their own language. 

 

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ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease!

ShaoLan Hsueh: Naučimo se brati kitajsko ... na enostaven način!

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Tujcem se ni enostavno naučiti govoriti kitajsko. Manj težavno pa zna biti učenje branja prelepih in mnogokrat zapletenih pismenk kitajskega jezika. ShaoLan nam preko preproste lekcije prikaže ozadja in pomene pismenk -- od preprostih oblik, pa do bolj zapletenih pojmov. Temu lahko rečemo preprosta kitajščina (Chineasy).
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GrowingRaste up in TaiwanTajvan
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as the daughterhči of a calligrapherkaligraf,
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one of my mostnajbolj treasuredzaklad memoriesspomini
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was my mothermama showingprikazovanje me the beautylepota, the shapeobliko
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ko mi je mati kazala lepoto
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and the formobrazec of Chinesekitajščina charactersznakov.
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in obliko kitajskih pismenk.
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Ever sinceod then, I was fascinatedfasciniran
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by this incredibleneverjetno languagejezik.
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obožujem ta neverjetni jezik.
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But to an outsiderzunanjega, it seemsZdi se to be
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A tujcu se zdi
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as impenetrablenepreglednih as the Great WallSteno of ChinaKitajska.
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tako nepremostljiv kot Veliki kitajski zid.
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Over the pastpreteklost fewmalo yearslet, I've been wonderingsprašujem se
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Zadnjih nekaj let sem se spraševala,
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if I can breakodmor down this wallzid,
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ali lahko ta zid podrem,
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so anyonekdorkoli who wants to understandrazumeti and appreciatecenite
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da bo lahko vsakdo razumel in občudoval
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the beautylepota of this sophisticatedprefinjeno languagejezik could do so.
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lepoto tega prefinjenega jezika.
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I startedzačel thinkingrazmišljanje about how a newnovo, fasthitro methodmetoda
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Začela sem razmišljati o uporabnosti
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of learningučenje Chinesekitajščina mightmorda be usefulkoristno.
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nove, hitre metode učenja kitajščine.
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SinceOd the agestarost of fivepet, I startedzačel to learnučiti se how to drawpripravi
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Od petega leta naprej sem se učila risati
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everyvsak singlesamski strokekap for eachvsak characterznak
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vsako potezo vsake pismenke
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in the correctpravilno sequencezaporedje.
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v pravilnem zaporedju.
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I learnednaučili newnovo charactersznakov everyvsak day
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V zadnjih 15 letih
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duringmed the courseseveda of the nextNaslednji 15 yearslet.
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sem se vsak dan učila novih pismenk.
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SinceOd we only have fivepet minutesminut,
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Ker pa imamo samo pet minut,
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it's better that we have a fasthitro and simplerpreprostejše way.
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bo potreben hiter in enostaven način.
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A Chinesekitajščina scholaručenjak would understandrazumeti 20,000 charactersznakov.
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Kitajski strokovnjak razume 20.000 pismenk.
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You only need 1,000 to understandrazumeti the basicosnovno literacypismenost.
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A za osnovno pismenost
jih potrebujemo le 1.000.
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The topna vrh 200 will allowdovolite you to comprehendrazumeti
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Če poznate 200 najbolj pogostih,
lahko razumete
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40 percentodstotkov of basicosnovno literatureliteratura --
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40 odstotkov osnovne literature.
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enoughdovolj to readpreberite roadcesta signsznaki, restaurantrestavracija menusmenije,
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To je dovolj za branje napisov, menijev
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to understandrazumeti the basicosnovno ideaideja of the websplet pagesstrani
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in razumevanje osnovnih pomenov
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or the newspapersčasopisi.
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spletnih strani ali časopisov.
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TodayDanes I'm going to startZačni with eightosem
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Danes bom začela z osmimi,
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to showshow you how the methodmetoda worksdela.
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da vam predstavim, kako metoda deluje.
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You are readypripravljen?
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Ste pripravljeni?
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OpenOdprta your mouthusta as wideširoko as possiblemogoče
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Odprite usta kolikor gre,
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untildo it's squarekvadrat.
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da tvorijo kvadrat.
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You get a mouthusta.
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To so usta.
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This is a personoseba going for a walkhodi.
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To je človek, ki se sprehaja.
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PersonOseba.
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Človek.
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If the shapeobliko of the fireogenj is a personoseba
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Obliko ognja lahko vidimo kot človeka
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with two armsroke on bothoboje sidesstrani,
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z roko na vsaki strani.
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as if she was yellingvikanje franticallybesen,
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Videti je, kot da kriči:
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"Help! I'm on fireogenj!" --
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"Na pomoč! Gorim!"
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This symbolsimbol actuallydejansko is originallyoriginalno from the shapeobliko of the flameplamen,
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Pismenka izvira iz oblike plamena,
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but I like to think that way. WhicheverKar worksdela for you.
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a rada jo vidim na tak način.
Kakor vam ustreza.
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This is a treedrevo.
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To je drevo.
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TreeDrevo.
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Drevo.
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This is a mountaingore.
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To je gora.
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The sunsonce.
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Sonce.
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The moonluna.
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Luna.
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The symbolsimbol of the doorvrata
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Pismenka za vrata je videti
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looksizgleda like a pairpar of saloonsalon doorsvrata in the wilddivji westzahodno.
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kot par saloonskih vrat z Divjega zahoda.
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I call these eightosem charactersznakov radicalsradikali.
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Tem osmim pismenkam pravim radikali.
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They are the buildingstavbe blocksbloki
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S sestavljanjem
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for you to createustvarite lots more charactersznakov.
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lahko iz njih ustvarimo nove pismenke.
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A personoseba.
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Človek.
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If someonenekdo walkssprehodi behindzadaj, that is "to followsledite."
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Če kdo hodi zadaj, je pomen "slediti."
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As the oldstar sayinggovoriti goesgre,
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Stari rek pravi,
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two is companypodjetje, threetri is a crowdmnožica.
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dva sta družba, trije pa gneča.
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If a personoseba stretchedraztegnjena theirnjihovi armsroke wideširoko,
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Če človek razširi svoje roke,
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this personoseba is sayinggovoriti, "It was this bigvelik."
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hoče povedati: "Bila je tako velika."
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The personoseba insideznotraj the mouthusta, the personoseba is trappedujet.
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Če je človek v ustih, je ujet.
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He's a prisonerzapornik, just like JonahJonah insideznotraj the whalekit.
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Zapornik je, kot Jon v kitu.
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One treedrevo is a treedrevo. Two treesdrevesa togetherskupaj, we have the woodsgozd.
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Eno drevo je drevo, dve skupaj sta gozdiček,
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ThreeTri treesdrevesa togetherskupaj, we createustvarite the forestgozd.
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tri skupaj pa gozd.
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Put a plankdesko underneathspodaj the treedrevo, we have the foundationtemelj.
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Če pod drevo položimo desko, dobimo osnovo.
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Put a mouthusta on the topna vrh of the treedrevo, that's "idiotidiot." (LaughterSmeh)
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Usta nad drevesom pomenijo "bedak." (Smeh)
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EasyEnostavno to rememberZapomni si,
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To si lahko hitro zapomnite,
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sinceod a talkinggovoriti treedrevo is prettylepa idioticIdiotski.
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saj je govoreče drevo precej bedasto.
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RememberNe pozabite fireogenj?
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Se spomnite ognja?
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Two firespožari togetherskupaj, I get really hotvroče.
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Če sta dva ognja skupaj, postane vroče.
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ThreeTri firespožari togetherskupaj, that's a lot of flamesplameni.
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Trije skupaj in dobimo veliko plamenov.
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SetNabor the fireogenj underneathspodaj the two treesdrevesa, it's burningžganje.
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Če ogenj postavimo pod dve drevesi, gori.
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For us, the sunsonce is the sourcevir of prosperityBlaginja.
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Za nas je sonce vir blaginje.
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Two sunssonce togetherskupaj, prosperoususpešno.
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Dve sonci skupaj, uspešen.
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ThreeTri togetherskupaj, that's sparklesiskrice.
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Tri skupaj in dobimo iskre.
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Put the sunsonce and the moonluna shiningsije togetherskupaj,
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Če skupaj postavimo sonce in luno,
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it's brightnesssvetlost.
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je to svetlost.
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It alsotudi meanssredstva tomorrowjutri, after a day and a night.
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Pomeni tudi "jutri." Po enem dnevu in noči.
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The sunsonce is comingprihajajo up abovenad the horizonObzorje. SunriseSunrise.
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Sonce vzhaja na obzorju. Sončni vzhod.
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A doorvrata. Put a plankdesko insideznotraj the doorvrata,
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Vrata. Če med vrata postavimo desko,
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it's a doorvrata boltvijak.
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je to zapah.
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Put a mouthusta insideznotraj the doorvrata, askingsprašujem questionsvprašanja.
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Usta med vrati pomenijo "spraševati."
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KnockKnock knockknock. Is anyonekdorkoli home?
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Tok, tok. Je kdo doma?
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This personoseba is sneakingkadila out of a doorvrata,
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Ta človek se tihotapi skozi vrata.
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escapinguhaja, evadingizogibali.
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Pobegniti, izogniti se.
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On the left, we have a womanženska.
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Na levi imamo žensko.
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Two womenženske togetherskupaj, they have an argumentprepir.
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Če sta dve ženski skupaj, se prepirata.
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(Smeh)
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ThreeTri womenženske togetherskupaj, be carefulskrbno, it's adulteryprešuštva.
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Tri ženske skupaj, pazite, to je prešuštvo.
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So we have goneizginil throughskozi almostskoraj 30 charactersznakov.
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Predelali smo skoraj 30 pismenk.
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By usinguporabo this methodmetoda, the first eightosem radicalsradikali
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S to metodo lahko iz prvih osmih radikalov
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will allowdovolite you to buildzgraditi 32.
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sestavite 32 pismenk.
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The nextNaslednji groupskupina of eightosem charactersznakov
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Iz naslednjih osem
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will buildzgraditi an extraekstra 32.
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jih lahko sestavite še 32 več.
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So with very little efforttrud,
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Z ne preveč truda
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you will be ablesposoben to learnučiti se a couplepar hundredsto charactersznakov,
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se lahko naučite nekaj sto pismenk,
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whichki is the sameenako as a Chinesekitajščina eight-year-oldosem-year-old.
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kolikor jih zna tudi kitajski 8-letnik.
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So after we know the charactersznakov, we startZačni buildingstavbe phrasesbesedne zveze.
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Ko spoznamo pismenke,
začnemo graditi besedne zveze.
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For exampleprimer, the mountaingore and the fireogenj togetherskupaj,
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Na primer, če sta skupaj gora in ogenj,
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we have fireogenj mountaingore. It's a volcanovulkan.
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je to ognjena gora. Vulkan.
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We know JapanJaponska is the landzemljišče of the risingnarašča sunsonce.
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Japonska je dežela vzhajajočega sonca.
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This is a sunsonce placedpostavljen with the originporekla,
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Tukaj smo povezali sonce in izvor,
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because JapanJaponska lieslaži to the eastvzhodno of ChinaKitajska.
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ker Japonska leži vzhodno od Kitajske.
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So a sunsonce, originporekla togetherskupaj, we buildzgraditi JapanJaponska.
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Sonce in izvor skupaj, dobimo Japonsko.
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A personoseba behindzadaj JapanJaponska, what do we get?
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Kaj dobimo, če na koncu dodamo še človeka?
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A Japanesejaponščina personoseba.
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Japonca ali Japonko.
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The characterznak on the left is two mountainsgore
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Leva pismenka sta dve gori,
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stackedzložene on topna vrh of eachvsak other.
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druga na drugi.
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In ancientstarodavne ChinaKitajska, that meanssredstva in exileizgnanstvu,
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V starodavni Kitajski je to pomenilo "izgon,"
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because Chinesekitajščina emperorscesarjev, they put theirnjihovi politicalpolitično enemiessovražniki
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ker so kitajski cesarji politične nasprotnike
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in exileizgnanstvu beyondnaprej mountainsgore.
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izgnali preko gora.
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NowadaysDanes, exileizgnanstvu has turnedobrnjen into gettingpridobivanje out.
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Zdaj to pomeni "iti ven."
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A mouthusta whichki tellspove you where to get out
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Usta, ki ti povedo, kje lahko greš ven,
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is an exitizhod.
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pomenijo "izhod."
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This is a slidezdrs to remindopomni me that I should stop talkinggovoriti
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Ta diapozitiv me opomni,
da naj neham govoriti
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and get off of the stagestopnja. Thank you.
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in odidem z odra. Hvala.
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(ApplauseAplavz)
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(Aplavz)
Translated by Tadej Pesjak
Reviewed by Nika Kotnik

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneur
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West.

Why you should listen

ShaoLan is an entrepreneur, angel investor, geek, writer, traveller and dreamer. She is the founder and creator of Chineasy, which she launched after her TED Talk in Long Beach, California in 2013.

In just over three years, she has built Chineasy into one of the most popular methods of learning Chinese across the Internet with several hundred thousand fellow learners. Her first book, Chineasy, The New Way to Read Chinese, was launched in March 2014 and has been translated into 18 languages. Her next book, Chineasy Everyday, was launched in March 2016.

ShaoLan is a tech entrepreneur with extensive business experience. At the age of 22, while studying for her MBA, she wrote four best-selling books on software in Taiwan, and her books were bundled by Microsoft. She co-founded pAsia, one of the major players on Internet in Asia in 1990’s. After a second masters degree at the University of Cambridge, she began Caravel Capital in 2005 to advise young tech companies.

Chineasy represents a return for ShaoLan to her artistic upbringing and in many ways a design project. This project is the culmination of her life’s journey through the East and West. Her aim is to help people to understand China, Chinese culture, its language and to bridge the gap between East and West. Her next step is to help Chinese children to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of their own language. 

 

More profile about the speaker
ShaoLan Hsueh | Speaker | TED.com