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ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease!
Aprende a ler chinés ... con facilidade!
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Para os estranxeiros aprender a falar chinés é unha difícil tarefa. Mais aprendermos a ler os bonitos, a miúdo complexos ideogramas do chinés escrito pode ter menos dificulade. ShaoLan durante unha simple lección axudanos a recoñecer as ideas que hai detrás de cada ideograma e o seu significado -- construíndoos desde as súas formas máis simples até os conceptos máis complexos. Ela chámao: Chineasy
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneur
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West. Full bio
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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Growing up in Taiwan
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Crieime en Taiwan
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as the daughter of a calligrapher,
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sendo a filla dunha calígrafa,
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one of my most treasured memories
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unha das miñas máis prezadas lembranzas
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was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape
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é a miña nai aprendéndome
a beleza, a feitura
a beleza, a feitura
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and the form of Chinese characters.
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e a forma dos ideogramas chineses.
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Ever since then, I was fascinated
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Desde entón, fiquei fascinada
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by this incredible language.
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por esta incríbel linguaxe.
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But to an outsider, it seems to be
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Mais para un estraño semella
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as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China.
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tan impenetrábel coma a muralla chinesa.
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Over the past few years, I've been wondering
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Desde hai xa tempo levo cavilando que,
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if I can break down this wall,
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se son quen de fender esta muralla,
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so anyone who wants to understand and appreciate
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así quen queira entender e aprezar
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the beauty of this sophisticated language could do so.
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a beleza desta sofisticada
linguaxe poderá facelo.
linguaxe poderá facelo.
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I started thinking about how a new, fast method
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Dei en pensar que un método novo, rápido
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of learning Chinese might be useful.
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para aprender chinés podía ser útil.
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Since the age of five, I started to learn how to draw
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Desde os cinco anos empecei
a aprender a debuxar
a aprender a debuxar
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every single stroke for each character
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cada trazo de cada idiograma
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in the correct sequence.
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na súa secuencia correcta.
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I learned new characters every day
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Apredín novos idiogramas cada día
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during the course of the next 15 years.
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durante os 15 anos seguintes.
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Since we only have five minutes,
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E como só temos cinco minutos,
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it's better that we have a fast and simpler way.
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é mellor que utilicemos
un xeito rápido e simple.
un xeito rápido e simple.
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A Chinese scholar would understand 20,000 characters.
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Un erudito chinés recoñece
20.000 idiogramas.
20.000 idiogramas.
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You only need 1,000 to understand the basic literacy.
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Só é necesario 1000
para entender un texto básico.
para entender un texto básico.
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The top 200 will allow you to comprehend
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Os 200 máis usados nos permitirán entender
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40 percent of basic literature --
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o 40% da literatura máis asequíble,
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enough to read road signs, restaurant menus,
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dabondo para ler sinais de tráfico, menús,
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to understand the basic idea of the web pages
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as ideas máis básica das web
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or the newspapers.
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ou dos xornais.
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Today I'm going to start with eight
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Hoxe empezarei con oito
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to show you how the method works.
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para amosarlles como funciona o método
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You are ready?
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¿Preparados?
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Open your mouth as wide as possible
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Abran a boca todo o posíbel
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until it's square.
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até que sexa un cadrado
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You get a mouth.
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Velaí unha boca.
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This is a person going for a walk.
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Esta é unha persoa camiñando.
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Person.
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Persoa
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If the shape of the fire is a person
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Se a forma do lume é unha persoa
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with two arms on both sides,
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con dous brazos a ámbolos lados,
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as if she was yelling frantically,
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coma se estivese berrando desesperada,
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"Help! I'm on fire!" --
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Axuda, ¡estou ardendo!
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This symbol actually is originally from the shape of the flame,
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A orixe deste ideograma
procede da forma dunha chama
procede da forma dunha chama
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but I like to think that way. Whichever works for you.
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mais a min me gusta imaxinalo así.
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This is a tree.
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Esta é unha árbore:
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Tree.
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Árbore
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This is a mountain.
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Isto é unha montaña:
Montaña
Montaña
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The sun.
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O sol.
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The moon.
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A lúa.
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The symbol of the door
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O ideograma de porta parece un par
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looks like a pair of saloon doors in the wild west.
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de portas dun bar do salvaxe oeste.
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I call these eight characters radicals.
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Chamo a estes oito ideogramas: radicais.
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They are the building blocks
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Son os bloques de construción
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for you to create lots more characters.
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para crearmos moitos máis ideogramas
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A person.
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A persoa.
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If someone walks behind, that is "to follow."
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Se alguén camiña detrás significa: seguir.
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As the old saying goes,
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Como di o vello refrán:
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two is company, three is a crowd.
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Dous son compañía e tres son multitude.
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If a person stretched their arms wide,
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Se unha persoa estrica ao ancho os brazos,
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this person is saying, "It was this big."
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esta persoa está a dicir:
"éra así de grande".
"éra así de grande".
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The person inside the mouth, the person is trapped.
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Unha persoa dentro dunha
boca está atrapada,
boca está atrapada,
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He's a prisoner, just like Jonah inside the whale.
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É prisioneira, como Xonás na balea.
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One tree is a tree. Two trees together, we have the woods.
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Unha árbore é unha árbore.
Dúas árbores: un bosque
Dúas árbores: un bosque
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Three trees together, we create the forest.
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Tres árbores xuntas: unha selva.
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Put a plank underneath the tree, we have the foundation.
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Pon unha prancha debaixo d
a árbore e tes unha cimentación.
a árbore e tes unha cimentación.
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Put a mouth on the top of the tree, that's "idiot." (Laughter)
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Unha boca enriba dunha árbore
e tes un idiota (risas)
e tes un idiota (risas)
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Easy to remember,
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Doado de lembrar
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since a talking tree is pretty idiotic.
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xa que unha árbore faladora
é algo estúpido.
é algo estúpido.
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Remember fire?
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¿Lembran o lume?
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Two fires together, I get really hot.
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Dous lumes xuntos é calor
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Three fires together, that's a lot of flames.
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tres lumes xuntos son moitas lapas.
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Set the fire underneath the two trees, it's burning.
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O lume debaixo de dúas árbores: arder.
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For us, the sun is the source of prosperity.
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Para nós o sol é unha fonte
de prosperidade
de prosperidade
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Two suns together, prosperous.
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Dous soles xuntos: próspero
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Three together, that's sparkles.
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Tres xuntos: muxicas.
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Put the sun and the moon shining together,
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O sol e a lúa lucindo xuntos:
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it's brightness.
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brillo.
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It also means tomorrow, after a day and a night.
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Significa tamén: "mañá",
despois do día e da noite.
despois do día e da noite.
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The sun is coming up above the horizon. Sunrise.
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O sol que ascende sobre
o horizonte: amencer
o horizonte: amencer
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A door. Put a plank inside the door,
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Unha porta. Unha prancha
dentro dunha porta
dentro dunha porta
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it's a door bolt.
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é o pechadura.
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Put a mouth inside the door, asking questions.
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Unha boca dentro dunha porta: preguntar
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Knock knock. Is anyone home?
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Toc, Toc, ¿hai alguén na casa?
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This person is sneaking out of a door,
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Esta persoa está a axexar desde a porta,
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escaping, evading.
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escapar, fuxir.
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On the left, we have a woman.
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Á esquerda, temos unha muller.
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Two women together, they have an argument.
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Dúas mulleres xuntas teñen unha discusión
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(Laughter)
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(risas)
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Three women together, be careful, it's adultery.
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Tres mulleres xuntas, coidado: adulterio.
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So we have gone through almost 30 characters.
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Levamos case 30 idiogramas.
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By using this method, the first eight radicals
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Con este método con 8 idiogramas
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will allow you to build 32.
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construiremos 32.
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The next group of eight characters
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O próximo grupo de 8 idiogramas
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will build an extra 32.
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formará outros 32.
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So with very little effort,
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Así que con moi pouco esforzo
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you will be able to learn a couple hundred characters,
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seremos quen de aprender
varios centenares,
varios centenares,
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which is the same as a Chinese eight-year-old.
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igual que un neno chinés de oito anos.
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So after we know the characters, we start building phrases.
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Despois de saber os idiogramas
empezamos coas frases.
empezamos coas frases.
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For example, the mountain and the fire together,
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Por exemplo: a montaña e o lume xuntos,
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we have fire mountain. It's a volcano.
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temos unha montaña de lume: un volcán.
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We know Japan is the land of the rising sun.
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Sabemos que Xapón é
a terra do sol nacente.
a terra do sol nacente.
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This is a sun placed with the origin,
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O Sol seguido de Orixe,
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because Japan lies to the east of China.
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porque Xapón está ao leste de China.
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So a sun, origin together, we build Japan.
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Con Sol e Orixe facemos Xapón.
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A person behind Japan, what do we get?
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Unha persoa detrás de Xapón, ¿que temos?
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A Japanese person.
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Un xaponés
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The character on the left is two mountains
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O idiograma da esquerda son dúas montañas
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stacked on top of each other.
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unha enriba da outra.
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In ancient China, that means in exile,
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Na antiga China significaba: exilio,
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because Chinese emperors, they put their political enemies
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porque os emperadores
enviaban os seus inimigos
enviaban os seus inimigos
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in exile beyond mountains.
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políticos alén das montañas.
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Nowadays, exile has turned into getting out.
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Hoxe significa: saír
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A mouth which tells you where to get out
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Unha boca que nos di por onde saír
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is an exit.
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é unha saída.
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This is a slide to remind me that I should stop talking
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Esta é a diapositiva que
me indica que debo parar
me indica que debo parar
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and get off of the stage. Thank you.
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de falar e saír do escenario. Grazas
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(Applause)
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(aplauso)
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.
ShaoLan Hsueh | Speaker | TED.com