ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
Šaulaņa Sjue: Skaidrojot ķīniešu zodiaku
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,
jums kādreiz ir jautājis:
ved saviesīgas sarunas.
48 vai 60 gadus vecs.
of asking your age.
ir pieklājīgs vecuma pajautāšanas veids.
you are also being evaluated.
about your fortune or misfortune,
veiksmēm vai neveiksmēm,
partner's animal signs,
un sava dzīvesbiedra zodiaku,
about your private life.
par jūsu privāto dzīvi.
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
ceturtdaļu pasaules iedzīvotāju,
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
grieķu—romiešu zodiaka kategorijās,
ar dzīvnieku nosaukumiem,
with constellations.
ar zvaigznājiem.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
tad esat Trusis.
a very complicated theoretical framework
ļoti sarežģītu teorētisko ietvaru,
and the 12 zodiac animals.
5 elementiem un 12 zodiaka dzīvniekiem.
people's major decisions,
nozīmīgus cilvēku lēmumus,
and attitude towards each other.
dzemdēšanu un attieksmi vienam pret otru.
are quite amazing.
ir diezgan apbrīnojamas.
get on better than the others.
satiek labāk nekā citi.
to give birth to babies,
kad dzemdēt bērnus,
by the right combination of animals
kombinācijā komandas darbs
when entering into romantic relations.
pat uzsākot romantiskas attiecības.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
perfektām romantiskām attiecībām
are natural enemies.
ir dabiskie ienaidnieki.
to be careful with a Snake.
are luckier than the others,
ir veiksmīgāki par citiem,
for power, strength and wealth.
spēka un bagātības simbols.
to have a Dragon baby.
must have been very proud.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
one million more babies.
par vēl vienu miljonu bērnu vairāk.
preference to baby boys,
was 120 to 100.
togad bija 120 pret 100.
competition in love and job markets.
saskarsies ar daudz lielāku konkurenci.
government's press release,
un Ķīnas valdības preses relīzi,
of Cesarean sections.
ķeizargriezienu skaita maksimums.
for the Year of the Horse.
ka viņiem tik ļoti patiktu Zirgi,
having unlucky Goat babies.
neveiksmīgās Kazas mazuļu.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
šo gadu laikā piedzīvoja
zodiac in reverse,
uz zodiaku otrādi,
will face much less competition.
saskarsies ar daudz mazāku konkurenci.
top 300 richest people in the world,
300 pasaulē bagātāko cilvēku sarakstu,
the Goat and Tiger,
Kaza un Tīģeris,
to have less competition.
ja ir mazāka konkurence.
their investment decisions
of the zodiac sign
un ticība zodiaka zīmēm
in making major decisions
nozīmīgu lēmumu pieņemšanā
until the past few decades.
pirms pāris gadu desmitiem.
surviving poverty, drought,
ar izdzīvošanu nabadzībā, sausumā
have the time, wealth and technology
ir laiks, turība un tehnoloģijas
they've always wanted.
ko viņi vienmēr vēlējušies.
made by 1.3 billion people
and demand on everything,
un preču pieprasījumā,
to property and consumer goods.
līdz īpašumiem un plaša patēriņa precēm.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
vispasaules ekonomikā un ģeopolitikā,
and other Chinese traditions
balstītie lēmumi
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
radoši un palaidnīgi.
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