ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: Le zodiaque chinois expliqué
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,
vous a-t-il déjà demandé :
astrologique ? »
ce ne sont pas des banalités.
ou 60 ans.
of asking your age.
une façon délicate de demander votre âge.
you are also being evaluated.
aussi à ce qu'on vous évalue.
about your fortune or misfortune,
ou votre malchance,
vos perspectives de carrière,
telle ou telle année.
partner's animal signs,
ainsi que celui de votre partenaire,
about your private life.
de votre vie privée.
in the Chinese zodiac.
à la validité du zodiaque chinois.
is influenced by it,
de la population mondiale
en soucier davantage.
le zodiaque chinois ?
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
au zodiaque gréco-romain,
aux 12 mois de l'année.
chacune associée à un animal,
se terminant avec le cochon
with constellations.
avec les constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
si vous êtes né en 1975,
dans ce tableau ?
a very complicated theoretical framework
un cadre théorique très complexe
and the 12 zodiac animals.
et les 12 animaux du zodiaque.
people's major decisions,
les décisions importantes des gens,
and attitude towards each other.
les mariages, la naissance d'un enfant,
envers les autres.
are quite amazing.
sont vraiment surprenantes.
get on better than the others.
qu'avec les autres.
l'année pour avoir leurs enfants,
to give birth to babies,
la coopération
by the right combination of animals
soigneusement choisis,
un facteur déterminant
when entering into romantic relations.
ou non dans une relation de couple.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
que je devrais tomber amoureuse
ou d'un lapin.
are natural enemies.
sont des ennemis naturels.
to be careful with a Snake.
je dois me méfier des serpents.
si vous êtes un serpent.
are luckier than the others,
sont plus chanceux que d'autres,
for power, strength and wealth.
la puissance, la force et l'argent.
to have a Dragon baby.
naissance à un bébé dragon.
must have been very proud.
doivent être très fiers !
Hong Kong and Taiwan
à Hong Kong et à Taiwan,
one million more babies.
d'enfants supplémentaires.
pour les garçons,
preference to baby boys,
a été de 120 garçons pour 100 filles.
was 120 to 100.
competition in love and job markets.
beaucoup plus féroce
et les emplois.
government's press release,
communiqué de presse
of Cesarean sections.
de naissances par césarienne
de janvier 2015.
de l'année du cheval.
for the Year of the Horse.
est un signe convoité,
une chèvre malchanceuse.
having unlucky Goat babies.
ne le prenez pas mal.
un animal indésirable,
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
ont constaté un déclin marqué
au cours des années du tigre.
zodiac in reverse,
inverser les règles du zodiaque,
will face much less competition.
tigres et chèvres
à autant de compétition.
les véritables signes chanceux.
top 300 richest people in the world,
les plus riches du monde,
the Goat and Tiger,
le tigre et la chèvre,
de compétition.
to have less competition.
tout aussi intéressante :
their investment decisions
l'index du zodiaque chinois
financières et d'investissements.
of the zodiac sign
du zodiaque chinois
pour prendre des décisions importantes,
in making major decisions
qu'aux dernières décennies.
until the past few decades.
davantage de leur survie
surviving poverty, drought,
à la maladie ou aux guerres civiles.
have the time, wealth and technology
les Chinois ont enfin le temps,
et la technologie
celle dont ils ont toujours rêvé.
they've always wanted.
de 1,3 milliard de personnes
made by 1.3 billion people
et la production de tous les biens,
and demand on everything,
to property and consumer goods.
l'éducation,
les biens de consommation.
un rôle déterminant dans l'économie
in the global economy and geopolitics,
sur le zodiaque chinois
and other Chinese traditions
l'ensemble de la planète.
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
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