ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: Objaśnienie chińskich znaków zodiaku
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by your Chinese friend,
of asking your age.
uprzejmą formą pytania o wiek.
you are also being evaluated.
wystawia cię na ocenę.
about your fortune or misfortune,
partner's animal signs,
swój i partnera,
about your private life.
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
o greko-romańskim zodiaku,
with constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
w roku 1975 to Królik.
a very complicated theoretical framework
bardzo skomplikowaną teoretyczną strukturę
and the 12 zodiac animals.
i 12 zodiakalnych zwierząt.
people's major decisions,
na najważniejsze decyzje,
and attitude towards each other.
rodzenie dzieci i nastawienie do innych.
are quite amazing.
get on better than the others.
dogadują się ze sobą lepiej niż inne.
to give birth to babies,
na rodzenie dzieci
by the right combination of animals
że dobra kombinacja zwierząt
when entering into romantic relations.
przy związkach uczuciowych.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
powinno mi się świetnie układać
are natural enemies.
są naturalnymi wrogami.
to be careful with a Snake.
are luckier than the others,
mają więcej szczęścia niż inne,
for power, strength and wealth.
mocy, siły i dobrobytu.
to have a Dragon baby.
w znaku smoka.
must have been very proud.
muszą być bardzo dumni.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
Hong Kong'u i Tajwanie
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
was 120 to 100.
wynosiła w tym roku 120:100.
competition in love and job markets.
w miłości i na rynku pracy.
government's press release,
of Cesarean sections.
wzrosła ilość cesarskich cięć.
for the Year of the Horse.
having unlucky Goat babies.
pechowych dzieci Kóz.
proszę, nie czuj się źle.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
doświadczyło ostrego spadku urodzeń
zodiac in reverse,
odwrócenie znaków zodiaku,
will face much less competition.
będą miały o wiele mniejszą konkurencję.
top 300 richest people in the world,
300 najbogatszych ludzi
the Goat and Tiger,
Koza i Tygrys,
to have less competition.
their investment decisions
decyzje dotyczące inwestycji
of the zodiac sign
in making major decisions
przy podejmowaniu ważnych decyzji
until the past few decades.
surviving poverty, drought,
walką z ubóstwem, suszą,
chorobami i wojną domową.
have the time, wealth and technology
czas, dobrobyt i technikę
they've always wanted.
o którym zawsze marzyli.
made by 1.3 billion people
przez 1,3 miliardów ludzi
and demand on everything,
i ogólnym popycie,
to property and consumer goods.
do nieruchomości i towarów.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
w światowej ekonomii i geopolityce,
and other Chinese traditions
znaków zodiaku i innych chińskich tradycji
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
kreatywne i psotne.
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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