ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: Kinų zodiako ženklai, paaiškinti paprastai
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,
yra kada nors paklausęs:
of asking your age.
mandagus klausimas apie amžių.
you are also being evaluated.
jūs esate įvertinami.
about your fortune or misfortune,
ar esate sėkmingi,
partner's animal signs,
zodiako ženklus,
about your private life.
jūsų asmeninio gyvenimo paveikslą.
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
yra jo veikiami,
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
graikų ir romėnų zodiaką,
pavadintas gyvūnų vardais,
baigiant kiaule
with constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
jūs esate triušis.
a very complicated theoretical framework
itin sudėtingą teorinę sistemą,
and the 12 zodiac animals.
ir 12 zodiako gyvūnų.
people's major decisions,
svarbiausius žmonių sprendimus,
and attitude towards each other.
gimdymas ir tarpusavio santykiai.
are quite amazing.
tikrai nepaprastos.
get on better than the others.
gyvūnai sutaria geriau nei kiti.
to give birth to babies,
susilaukti vaikų,
by the right combination of animals
gyvūnų komanda
when entering into romantic relations.
net pradėdami romantiškus santykius.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
sektis su tigrais, ožkomis ir triušiais.
are natural enemies.
yra tikri priešai.
to be careful with a Snake.
aš turėčiau būti atsargi su gyvatėm.
are luckier than the others,
yra laimingesni už kitus,
for power, strength and wealth.
stiprybės ir turtų simbolis.
to have a Dragon baby.
vaiko drakono.
must have been very proud.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
Honkonge ir Taivane
one million more babies.
dar vienu milijonu kūdikių daugiau.
preference to baby boys,
was 120 to 100.
tais metais buvo 120 prie 100.
competition in love and job markets.
meilės ir darbo srityse.
government's press release,
Kinijos vyriausybės spaudos pranešimo,
of Cesarean sections.
Cezario pjūvių skaičius.
for the Year of the Horse.
having unlucky Goat babies.
kūdikių ožkų.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
tais metais gimstamumas sumažėjo.
zodiac in reverse,
priešingai,
will face much less competition.
susidurs su mažesne konkurencija.
top 300 richest people in the world,
pasaulio žmonių sąrašą pagal Forbes
the Goat and Tiger,
ožka ir tigras,
to have less competition.
turėti mažesnę konkurenciją.
their investment decisions
of the zodiac sign
ir tikėjimas juo
in making major decisions
priimant svarbius sprendimus
until the past few decades.
surviving poverty, drought,
kovodami su skurdu, sausra,
ir pilietiniu karu.
have the time, wealth and technology
laiko, turto ir technologijų,
they've always wanted.
kurio visada troško.
made by 1.3 billion people
sprendimas
and demand on everything,
ir paklausą viskam,
to property and consumer goods.
ir plataus vartojimo prekių.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
pasaulinėje ekonomikoje ir geopolitikoje,
and other Chinese traditions
ar kitomis tradicijomis,
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
kūrybingos ir išdykusios.
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