ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: Spiegazione dello zodiaco cinese.
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,
da un amico cinese:
conversazione spicciola.
of asking your age.
è un modo gentile per chiedere l'età.
you are also being evaluated.
ti stanno anche valutando.
about your fortune or misfortune,
sulla tua fortuna o sfortuna,
partner's animal signs,
e quello del tuo partner,
about your private life.
sulla tua vita privata.
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
della popolazione mondiale
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
all'oroscopo greco-romano,
contrassegnato da animali,
e finisce con un Maiale,
with constellations.
con le costellazioni.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
siete un Coniglio.
a very complicated theoretical framework
un sistema teorico molto complesso
and the 12 zodiac animals.
e i 12 animali dello zodiaco.
people's major decisions,
le decisioni principali delle persone,
and attitude towards each other.
e l'atteggiamento verso gli altri.
are quite amazing.
sono sorprendenti.
get on better than the others.
vadano più d'accordo di altri.
to give birth to babies,
uno specifico anno per avere un bambino,
by the right combination of animals
degli animali giusti
when entering into romantic relations.
iniziamo delle relazioni romantiche.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
perfetta con Tigri, Capre e Conigli.
are natural enemies.
siano naturalmente nemici.
to be careful with a Snake.
ai Serpenti.
are luckier than the others,
siano più fortunati di altri,
for power, strength and wealth.
di potere, forza e benessere.
to have a Dragon baby.
avere un figlio del segno del Drago
must have been very proud.
devono essere molto orgogliosi.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
Hong Kong e Taiwan,
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
per i figli maschi,
was 120 to 100.
quell'anno è stato di 120 a 100.
competition in love and job markets.
molto più forte in amore e sul lavoro.
government's press release,
e il comunicato stampa del governo cinese,
of Cesarean sections.
un picco di tagli cesarei.
for the Year of the Horse.
dell'anno del Cavallo.
having unlucky Goat babies.
di avere un bambino Capra sfortunato.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
un drastico calo delle nascite
zodiac in reverse,
lo zodiaco al contrario,
will face much less competition.
affronteranno molta meno competizione.
top 300 richest people in the world,
del mondo indicate da Forbes,
the Goat and Tiger,
la Capre e la Tigre,
to have less competition.
avere meno competizione.
their investment decisions
of the zodiac sign
dei segni zodiacali
in making major decisions
per prendere le decisioni importanti
until the past few decades.
solo da pochi decenni.
surviving poverty, drought,
a sopravvivere a fame, siccità,
malattie e guerre civili.
have the time, wealth and technology
il denaro e la tecnologia
they've always wanted.
che hanno sempre voluto.
made by 1.3 billion people
da 1,3 miliardi di persone
and demand on everything,
e richieste su qualsiasi cosa,
to property and consumer goods.
alla proprietà e i beni di consumo.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
nell'economia e geopolitica globale,
and other Chinese traditions
lo zodiaco e altre tradizioni cinesi
around the world.
in tutto il mondo.
creative and mischievous.
creative e dispettose.
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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