ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: Der chinesische Tierkreis, erklärt
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West. Full bio
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by your Chinese friend,
chinesischen Freund gefragt:
48 oder 60 Jahre alt sind.
of asking your age.
you are also being evaluated.
werden Sie auch danach beurteilt.
about your fortune or misfortune,
partner's animal signs,
about your private life.
ein Bild über Ihr Privatleben.
an chinesische Tierkreiszeichen.
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
durch diese beeinflusst wird,
der chinesische Tierkreis?
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
griechisch-römische Sternzeichen,
benannt nach Tieren,
und mit dem Schwein endend,
with constellations.
mit den Sternbildern.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
sind Sie ein Hase.
a very complicated theoretical framework
einen komplizierten Theorierahmen,
and the 12 zodiac animals.
und den zwölf Tierkreiszeichen.
people's major decisions,
Entscheidungen im Leben der Menschen.
and attitude towards each other.
Geburt und Einstellung gegenüber Anderen.
are quite amazing.
sind wirklich erstaunlich.
get on better than the others.
Tieren besser ergeht als anderen.
to give birth to babies,
um Kinder zu bekommen,
by the right combination of animals
Kombination von Tierkreiszeichen,
when entering into romantic relations.
wenn wir romantische Beziehungen eingehen.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
are natural enemies.
natürliche Feinde sind.
to be careful with a Snake.
vor Schlangen in Acht nehmen.
are luckier than the others,
for power, strength and wealth.
für Macht, Stärke und Wohlstand.
to have a Dragon baby.
ein Drachenbaby zu gebären.
must have been very proud.
müssen sehr stolz gewesen sein.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
was 120 to 100.
in diesem Jahr bei 120 zu 100.
competition in love and job markets.
auf dem Arbeitsmarkt konfrontiert sein.
government's press release,
der chinesischen Regierung zufolge,
of Cesarean sections.
der Kaiserschnitte erreicht.
for the Year of the Horse.
des Jahrs des Pferds.
dass man Pferde so gern hat,
having unlucky Goat babies.
dass sie wie Loser aussehen.
unerwünschtes Tierzeichen.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
Regionen Chinas sank drastisch
zodiac in reverse,
umgekehrt interpretieren,
will face much less competition.
viel weniger Konkurrenz erfahren werden.
top 300 richest people in the world,
der Welt durchgegangen
the Goat and Tiger,
to have less competition.
weniger Konkurrenz zu haben.
their investment decisions
Investitionsentscheidungen
of the zodiac sign
an die Tierkreiszeichen
in making major decisions
wichtiger Entscheidungen zu nutzen,
until the past few decades.
damit beschäftigt Armut, Dürren
surviving poverty, drought,
und Bürgerkrieg zu überleben.
have the time, wealth and technology
den Wohlstand und die Technologie,
they've always wanted.
made by 1.3 billion people
die 1.3 Milliarden Menschen trafen,
and demand on everything,
und Nachfrage gesorgt.
to property and consumer goods.
und Eigentum bis hin zu Konsumgütern.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
in Weltwirtschaft und Geopolitik spielt,
and other Chinese traditions
und anderen chinesischen Traditionen
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
kreativ und verschmitzt.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneurShaoLan 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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