ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: O zodíaco chinês, explicado
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,
chinês lhes perguntar:
se você tem 24, 36, 48 ou 60 anos.
of asking your age.
educada de perguntar a idade.
de imediato você é também analisado.
you are also being evaluated.
about your fortune or misfortune,
sobre sua sorte ou seu azar,
perspectivas profissionais
e o do seu companheiro,
partner's animal signs,
about your private life.
da sua vida pessoal.
in the Chinese zodiac.
no zodíaco chinês.
is influenced by it,
mundial é influenciado por ele,
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
o zodíaco greco-romano,
representado por animais,
e termina com o Porco,
with constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
a very complicated theoretical framework
um quadro teórico muito complicado
e nos 12 animais do zodíaco.
and the 12 zodiac animals.
people's major decisions,
decisões importantes,
and attitude towards each other.
nascimento dos bebês e relacionamentos.
are quite amazing.
disso são incríveis.
get on better than the others.
se saem melhor do que outros.
to give birth to babies,
anos específicos para ter filhos,
by the right combination of animals
com a correta combinação de animais
when entering into romantic relations.
iniciar relacionamentos amorosos.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
são Tigres, Cabras e Coelhos.
are natural enemies.
são inimigos naturais.
to be careful with a Snake.
ter cuidado com a Cobra.
are luckier than the others,
tenham mais sorte do que outros,
for power, strength and wealth.
de poder, força e riqueza.
to have a Dragon baby.
must have been very proud.
ter ficado muito orgulhosos.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
na China, Hong Kong e Taiwan
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
por bebês masculinos,
was 120 to 100.
naquele ano foi de 120 para 100.
competition in love and job markets.
no amor e no mercado de trabalho.
government's press release,
e a imprensa oficial chinesa,
of Cesarean sections.
um pico de cesarianas.
for the Year of the Horse.
having unlucky Goat babies.
de azarados bebês Cabra.
não fique chateado.
devido ao temperamento explosivo.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
acentuado na taxa de natalidade
zodiac in reverse,
o zodíaco ao contrário,
will face much less competition.
vão enfrentar muito menos competição.
top 300 richest people in the world,
das 300 pessoas mais ricas do mundo,
the Goat and Tiger,
a Cabra e o Tigre,
to have less competition.
ter menos competição.
mas não menos interessante:
their investment decisions
decisões sobre investimentos
do signo do zodíaco.
of the zodiac sign
do signo do zodíaco serem milenares,
in making major decisions
para tomar decisões importantes
until the past few decades.
até as últimas décadas.
surviving poverty, drought,
sobrevivendo à pobreza, à seca,
have the time, wealth and technology
têm tempo, dinheiro e tecnologia
they've always wanted.
que sempre desejaram.
made by 1.3 billion people
por 1,3 bilhão de pessoas
and demand on everything,
e demanda por tudo,
to property and consumer goods.
a bens imóveis e de consumo.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
na economia e geopolítica globais,
and other Chinese traditions
e noutras tradições chinesas
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.
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