ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: Toelichting op de Chinese dierenriem
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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je weleens gevraagd:
by your Chinese friend,
het over koetjes en kalfjes gaat.
dat je 24, 36, 48 of 60 bent.
of asking your age.
om achter je leeftijd te komen.
you are also being evaluated.
word je ook geëvalueerd.
about your fortune or misfortune,
je carrièrevooruitzicht
voor jou in petto heeft.
en dat van je partner deelt,
partner's animal signs,
about your private life.
een beeld van je privéleven.
in the Chinese zodiac.
in de Chinese dierenriem.
is influenced by it,
van de wereldbevolking
om daar iets aan te doen.
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
aan de Grieks-Romeinse zodiak,
over de 12 maanden.
van dierentekens.
en eindigt met het Varken,
with constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
ben je een Konijn.
a very complicated theoretical framework
een gecompliceerd theoretisch kader
and the 12 zodiac animals.
de vijf elementen, en de 12 zodiak-dieren.
people's major decisions,
van mensen beïnvloed,
and attitude towards each other.
huwelijken, geboortes,
ten opzichte van elkaar.
are quite amazing.
zijn nogal verbazingwekkend.
get on better than the others.
betere vooruitzichten hebben dan andere.
to give birth to babies,
voor het krijgen van hun kinderen,
by the right combination of animals
door de juiste combinatie dieren
when entering into romantic relations.
als we een romantische relatie beginnen.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
met Tijgers, Geiten, en Konijnen.
are natural enemies.
natuurlijke vijanden zijn.
to be careful with a Snake.
voorzichtig zijn met een Slang.
are luckier than the others,
meer geluk hebben dan andere,
for power, strength and wealth.
van macht, kracht en rijkdom.
to have a Dragon baby.
om een Drakenbaby te krijgen.
must have been very proud.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
Hong Kong en Taiwan
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
voor jongetjes,
was 120 to 100.
in dat jaar 120 tot 100.
competition in love and job markets.
concurrentie te maken
government's press release,
van de Chinese overheid
of Cesarean sections.
een piek aan keizersneden.
for the Year of the Horse.
van het Jaar van het Paard.
ze zoveel van Paarden houden,
having unlucky Goat babies.
ongelukkige Geitenbaby's willen.
dat niet gewild is,
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
zodiac in reverse,
de zodiak eens andersom bekijken,
will face much less competition.
veel minder concurrentie hebben.
top 300 richest people in the world,
de top 300 rijkste mensen van de wereld,
the Goat and Tiger,
de Geit en de Tijger,
dit eens overdenken,
to have less competition.
om minder concurrentie te hebben.
their investment decisions
hun investeringsbeslissingen
of the zodiac sign
van de dierenriemtekens
in making major decisions
nooit echt de gewoonte
until the past few decades.
bij belangrijke beslissingen.
surviving poverty, drought,
met het overleven van de armoede, droogte,
en de burgeroorlog.
have the time, wealth and technology
de tijd, rijkdom en technologie
they've always wanted.
dat ze altijd al hebben gewild.
made by 1.3 billion people
van 1,3 miljard mensen
and demand on everything,
en vraag naar van alles veroorzaakt,
to property and consumer goods.
tot vastgoed en consumentengoederen.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
de wereldeconomie en geopolitiek speelt,
and other Chinese traditions
van de zodiak en andere Chinese tradities
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
creatief en ondeugend.
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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