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ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease!
ShaoLan Hsueh: Apreneu a llegir xinès... fàcilment!
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Per als estrangers, aprendre a parlar xinès és difícil. Però aprendre a llegir els caràcters bonics, i sovint complexos, del xinès escrit pot ser menys difícil. La ShaoLan ens guia en una lliçó senzilla per reconèixer les idees darrere dels caràcters i els seus significats i construeix formes simples en conceptes més complexos. Amb un joc de paraules en anglès ho anomena Chineasy ('xinès fàcil').
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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Havent crescut a Taiwan
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as the daughter of a calligrapher,
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i sent filla d'una caligrafista,
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one of my most treasured memories
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un dels meus millors records
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was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape
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és la mare ensenyant-me la bellesa, la forma
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and the form of Chinese characters.
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i la creació dels caràcters xinesos.
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Ever since then, I was fascinated
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Des de llavors, em fascina
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by this incredible language.
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aquest idioma increïble.
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But to an outsider, it seems to be
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Per als no nadius, pot semblar
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as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China.
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tan impenetrable com la Gran Muralla xinesa.
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Over the past few years, I've been wondering
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Els últims anys m'he preguntat
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if I can break down this wall,
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si podia eliminar aquest mur
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so anyone who wants to understand and appreciate
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perquè tothom que volgués entendre i apreciar
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the beauty of this sophisticated language could do so.
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la bellesa d'aquest idioma sofisticat ho pogués fer.
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I started thinking about how a new, fast method
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Vaig pensar que un mètode nou i ràpid
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of learning Chinese might be useful.
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d'aprendre xinès seria útil.
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Since the age of five, I started to learn how to draw
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Quan tenia 5 anys vaig començar
a aprendre a dibuixar
a aprendre a dibuixar
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every single stroke for each character
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cada línia de cada caràcter
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in the correct sequence.
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en l'ordre correcte.
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I learned new characters every day
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Vaig aprendre caràcters nous cada dia
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during the course of the next 15 years.
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durant els següents 15 anys.
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Since we only have five minutes,
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Com que tenim pocs minuts,
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it's better that we have a fast and simpler way.
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avui haurem de fer-ho més fàcil i ràpid.
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A Chinese scholar would understand 20,000 characters.
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Un expert xinès entén 20.000 caràcters.
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You only need 1,000 to understand the basic literacy.
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Només en calen 1.000 per tenir un nivell bàsic.
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The top 200 will allow you to comprehend
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Amb els 200 més típics entendreu
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40 percent of basic literature --
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el 40 % dels textos bàsics:
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enough to read road signs, restaurant menus,
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senyals a la carretera, menús o
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to understand the basic idea of the web pages
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la idea principal de pàgines web
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or the newspapers.
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o de diaris.
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Today I'm going to start with eight
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Avui comançarem amb 8
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to show you how the method works.
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per ensenyar-vos aquest mètode.
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You are ready?
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Esteu a punt?
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Open your mouth as wide as possible
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Obriu la boca al màxim fins que
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until it's square.
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formi un quadrat.
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You get a mouth.
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Obteniu boca.
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This is a person going for a walk.
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Això és una persona passejant.
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Person.
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Persona.
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If the shape of the fire is a person
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La forma de foc és una persona
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with two arms on both sides,
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amb els braços aixecats
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as if she was yelling frantically,
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com si cridés histèricament
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"Help! I'm on fire!" --
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"Ajuda! Em cremo!".
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This symbol actually is originally from the shape of the flame,
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De fet, el símbol és la forma d'una flama,
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but I like to think that way. Whichever works for you.
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però m'agrada així. Com us funcioni millor.
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This is a tree.
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Això és un arbre.
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Tree.
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Arbre.
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This is a mountain.
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Això és una muntanya.
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The sun.
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El Sol.
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The moon.
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La Lluna.
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The symbol of the door
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El símbol de la porta
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looks like a pair of saloon doors in the wild west.
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sembla les portes d'un bar de l'oest.
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I call these eight characters radicals.
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Jo anomeno aquests 8 caràcters els radicals.
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They are the building blocks
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Són les peces basiques
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for you to create lots more characters.
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per crear molts altres caràcters.
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A person.
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Una persona.
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If someone walks behind, that is "to follow."
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Si algú camina al darrere, és seguir.
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As the old saying goes,
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Com diu la dita:
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two is company, three is a crowd.
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dos són companyia, tres són multitud.
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If a person stretched their arms wide,
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Si algú obre molt els braços,
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this person is saying, "It was this big."
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està dient "Era així de gran".
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The person inside the mouth, the person is trapped.
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Una persona dins d'una boca està atrapada.
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He's a prisoner, just like Jonah inside the whale.
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És un presoner, com Jonàs dins de la balena.
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One tree is a tree. Two trees together, we have the woods.
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Un abre és un arbre. Dos arbres junts
són un bosquet.
són un bosquet.
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Three trees together, we create the forest.
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Tres arbres junts i creem un bosc.
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Put a plank underneath the tree, we have the foundation.
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Poseu un llistó sota d'un arbre i teniu la fundació.
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Put a mouth on the top of the tree, that's "idiot." (Laughter)
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Poseu una boca a dalt d'un arbre.
És idiota. (Riures)
És idiota. (Riures)
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Easy to remember,
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Fàcil de recordar,
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since a talking tree is pretty idiotic.
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perquè que un arbre parli és una idiotesa.
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Remember fire?
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Recordeu el foc?
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Two fires together, I get really hot.
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Dos focs junts fan molta calor.
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Three fires together, that's a lot of flames.
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Tres focs junts són moltes flames.
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Set the fire underneath the two trees, it's burning.
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Caleu foc al peu de dos arbres, estan cremant.
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For us, the sun is the source of prosperity.
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Per a nosaltres, el Sol és una font de prosperitat.
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Two suns together, prosperous.
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Dos sols junts, pròsper.
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Three together, that's sparkles.
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Tres de junts vol dir brillar.
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Put the sun and the moon shining together,
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Poseu el Sol i la Lluna brillant junts,
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it's brightness.
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brillantor.
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It also means tomorrow, after a day and a night.
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També vol dir demà, després del dia i la nit.
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The sun is coming up above the horizon. Sunrise.
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El Sol surt per l'horitzó, sortida de Sol.
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A door. Put a plank inside the door,
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Una porta. Poseu-hi un llistó a dins,
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it's a door bolt.
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és un pestell.
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Put a mouth inside the door, asking questions.
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Poseu una boca dins d'una porta, és preguntar.
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Knock knock. Is anyone home?
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Toc, toc. Hi ha algú a casa?
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This person is sneaking out of a door,
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Algú s'escapoleix per una porta,
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escaping, evading.
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escapant, evadint.
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On the left, we have a woman.
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A l'esquerra hi ha una dona.
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Two women together, they have an argument.
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Dues dones juntes tenen una discussió.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
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Three women together, be careful, it's adultery.
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Tres dones juntes, alerta, és adulteri. (Riures)
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So we have gone through almost 30 characters.
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Hem vist ja quasi 30 caràcters.
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By using this method, the first eight radicals
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Fent servir aquest mètode, els primers 8 radicals
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will allow you to build 32.
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us permetran fer-ne 32.
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The next group of eight characters
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El seguent grup de 8 caràcters
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will build an extra 32.
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en faran 32 més.
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So with very little effort,
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Amb molt poc d'esforç
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you will be able to learn a couple hundred characters,
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podreu aprendre uns 200 caràcters,
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which is the same as a Chinese eight-year-old.
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els mateixos que sap un xinès de 8 anys.
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So after we know the characters, we start building phrases.
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Quan ja sabem els caràcters, comencem
a fer-ne de compostos.
a fer-ne de compostos.
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For example, the mountain and the fire together,
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Per exemple, la muntanya i el foc junts
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we have fire mountain. It's a volcano.
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són una muntanya de foc. És un volcà.
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We know Japan is the land of the rising sun.
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Sabem que el Japó és la terra del Sol naixent.
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This is a sun placed with the origin,
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Aquí hi ha el Sol junt a l'origen
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because Japan lies to the east of China.
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perquè el Japó és a l'est de la Xina.
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So a sun, origin together, we build Japan.
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El Sol i l'origen junts fan el Japó.
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A person behind Japan, what do we get?
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Una persona després del Japó, què és?
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A Japanese person.
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Un japonès.
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The character on the left is two mountains
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A l'esquerra hi ha dues muntanyes
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stacked on top of each other.
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una a sobre de l'altra.
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In ancient China, that means in exile,
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A l'antiga Xina, això significava a l'exili
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because Chinese emperors, they put their political enemies
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perquè els emperadors enviaven
els seus enemics polítics
els seus enemics polítics
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in exile beyond mountains.
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a l'exili passades les muntanyes.
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Nowadays, exile has turned into getting out.
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Avui, l'exili s'ha convertit en sotint.
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A mouth which tells you where to get out
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Una boca que et diu per on se surt
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is an exit.
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és una sortida.
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This is a slide to remind me that I should stop talking
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Aquesta diapositiva em recorda que hauria de callar
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and get off of the stage. Thank you.
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i sortir de l'escenari. Gràcies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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