ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: ¿Qué es el horóscopo chino?
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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que les haya preguntado alguna vez:
by your Chinese friend,
forma indirecta de preguntar la edad.
of asking your age.
you are also being evaluated.
también pueden saber de ti,
about your fortune or misfortune,
futuro profesional
en un determinado año.
partner's animal signs,
about your private life.
en el zodiaco chino,
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
de un cuarto de la población mundial,
lo tuvieran en cuenta.
exactamente el zodiaco chino?
se rige por el Zodiaco grecorromano
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
según los meses del año.
uno asociado con un animal,
y acaba con el Cerdo,
with constellations.
con las constelaciones.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
en 1975, son conejo.
su signo esn esta imagen?
a very complicated theoretical framework
un marco teórico muy complejo
and the 12 zodiac animals.
y los 12 animales del zodiaco
people's major decisions,
las decisiones importantes de la gente,
and attitude towards each other.
y la forma de relacionarse con los demás,
are quite amazing.
get on better than the others.
se llevan mejor mutuamente que otros.
to give birth to babies,
en determinados años
by the right combination of animals
con la combinación perfecta de animales
when entering into romantic relations.
para nuestras relaciones amorosas.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
es el Tigre, la Cabra y el Conejo.
are natural enemies.
animales son enemigos por naturaleza.
to be careful with a Snake.
cuidado con las serpientes.
are luckier than the others,
tienen más suerte que otros,
for power, strength and wealth.
de poder, fuerza y riqueza.
to have a Dragon baby.
es que su hijo sea dragón.
must have been very proud.
deben estar muy orgullosos,
Hong Kong and Taiwan
China, Hong Kong y Taiwan
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
prefieren los niños,
was 120 to 100.
120 niños por cada 100 niñas.
dragones crezcan,
competition in love and job markets.
en el amor y el mercado laboral.
government's press release,
de prensa del gobierno chino,
of Cesarean sections.
el número máximo de cesáreas.
for the Year of the Horse.
último mes del año del Caballo.
having unlucky Goat babies.
tengan la desgracia de ser Cabra.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
un gran decline en el índice de natalidad
zodiac in reverse,
en el zodiaco de otra forma,
will face much less competition.
tendrán menos competencia
top 300 richest people in the world,
las 300 personas más ricas del mundo,
the Goat and Tiger,
la Cabra y el Tigre,
to have less competition.
tener menos competencia.
their investment decisions
sobre sus inversiones,
of the zodiac sign
sobre los signos astrológicos
in making major decisions
importantes en base a los mismos
until the past few decades.
surviving poverty, drought,
más con sobrevivir a la pobreza, sequía,
enfermedades y a la guerra civil.
have the time, wealth and technology
el tiempo, la riqueza y la tecnología
they've always wanted.
que siempre han querido.
made by 1.3 billion people
por 1,3 millones de personas
and demand on everything,
en la economía y la demanda,
to property and consumer goods.
hasta vivienda y bienes de consumo.
en la economía y la geopolítica mundial,
in the global economy and geopolitics,
and other Chinese traditions
al zodíaco y otras tradiciones chinas
around the world.
para todo el mundo.
creative and mischievous.
curiosos, creativos y traviesos.
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