ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
شائولن سیو: توضیحاتی درباره زودیاک چینی
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,
ازتون پرسیده که،
است برای پرسیدن سن شما.
of asking your age.
you are also being evaluated.
شما قضاوت هم می شوید.
about your fortune or misfortune,
تیره بختی شما انجام می شوند،
چگونه خواهید بود.
partner's animal signs,
دوست تان را بگویید،
about your private life.
تصویری در ذهن خود می کشند.
in the Chinese zodiac.
اعتقادی نداشته باشین.
is influenced by it,
از اون تاثیر می گیرند،
چیزهایی بدونید.
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
رومی-یونانی فکر میکنند،
به ۱۲ قسمت تقسیم شده.
که با حیوانات نامگذاری شده.
و با خوک تمام میشه
with constellations.
صور فلکی نداره.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
۱۹۷۵ متولد شده باشید، خرگوش هستید.
خودتون رو ببینید؟
a very complicated theoretical framework
تئوری خیلی پیچیده ساختند.
and the 12 zodiac animals.
پنج عنصر و ۱۲ حیوان زودیاکی.
people's major decisions,
بزرگ مردم تاثیر گذاشته،
and attitude towards each other.
زاد و ولد و طرز رفتار با یک دیگر.
are quite amazing.
خیلی شگفت انگیز هستند.
get on better than the others.
از بقیه حیوانات بهتر هستند.
to give birth to babies,
فرزند آوری انتخاب میکنند.
by the right combination of animals
ترکیب درست از حیوانات
موفقیت بدهد.
when entering into romantic relations.
وقتی که وارد روابط عاشقانه می شویم.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
رابطه عاشقانه خوبی داشته باشم.
are natural enemies.
دشمنانی ذاتی هستند.
to be careful with a Snake.
مراقب یک مار باشم.
یک مار هستید.
are luckier than the others,
از بقیه خوشبخت تر هستن.
for power, strength and wealth.
و ثروت هست.
to have a Dragon baby.
بچه ای اژدها داشته باشند.
must have been very proud.
باید خیلی به خودشون افتخار کنن.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
one million more babies.
کودک اژدهای دیگر
preference to baby boys,
was 120 to 100.
از 120 به 100 رسید.
پسران اژدها بزرگ بشن.
competition in love and job markets.
در عشق و بازارهای شغلی.
government's press release,
مطبوعات دولتی چین،
of Cesarean sections.
در زایمان های سزارین بود.
for the Year of the Horse.
برای سال اسب.
اسب خیلی دوست دارند.
having unlucky Goat babies.
بدشانسِ سال بز اجتناب کنند.
لطفا احساس بد نکنید.
بازنده ها نیستند.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
شاهد کاهش شدیدی
zodiac in reverse,
برعکس در نظر گرفت،
will face much less competition.
شاهد رقابت خیلی کمتری خواهند بود.
top 300 richest people in the world,
از نگاه مجله «فوربس» نگاه کردم.
the Goat and Tiger,
بز و ببر،
to have less competition.
رقابت کمتری داشت.
their investment decisions
سرمایه گذاری شون رو براساس
زودیاک می گیرند.
of the zodiac sign
in making major decisions
تصمیم گیری های بزرگ
until the past few decades.
اتفاق نیافتاده بود.
surviving poverty, drought,
نجات از فقر، خشکسالی،
have the time, wealth and technology
زمان، ثروت و فناوری رو دارند که
they've always wanted.
که همیشه می خواستند.
made by 1.3 billion people
۱/۳ میلیارد آدم اتخاذ شده
and demand on everything,
هرچیزی به وجود آورد،
to property and consumer goods.
مال و اموال و مصرف کالا.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
در اقتصاد جهانی و ژئوپلیتیک
and other Chinese traditions
و دیگر سنت های چینی اتخاذ میشن
around the world.
دنیا تاثیرش رو میذاره.
creative and mischievous.
خلاق و بدجنس هستند.
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