ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
ShaoLan Hsueh: Explicação do zodíaco chinês
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,
vos perguntou:
of asking your age.
educada de perguntar a vossa idade.
you are also being evaluated.
também estão a ser avaliados.
about your fortune or misfortune,
sobre a vossa sorte ou azar,
perspetivas de carreira
num determinado ano.
partner's animal signs,
com o do vosso parceiro,
about your private life.
sobre a vossa vida privada.
in the Chinese zodiac.
no zodíaco chinês.
is influenced by it,
mundial é influenciada por ele,
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
pensa no zodíaco greco-romano,
rotulado com animais,
e acaba com o Porco.
with constellations.
com as constelações.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
vocês são um Coelho.
a very complicated theoretical framework
muito complexo
and the 12 zodiac animals.
e nos 12 animais do zodíaco.
people's major decisions,
as decisões importantes do povo,
and attitude towards each other.
o casamento, os nascimentos
are quite amazing.
são bastante surpreendentes.
get on better than the others.
do que com outros.
to give birth to babies,
para terem os seus bebés
by the right combination of animals
entre animais bem escolhidos
when entering into romantic relations.
quando iniciamos uma relação amorosa.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
com Tigres, Cabras e Coelhos.
are natural enemies.
alguns animais são inimigos naturais.
to be careful with a Snake.
ter cuidado com uma Cobra.
are luckier than the others,
dão 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.
devem ter ficado muito orgulhosos.
em Hong King e em Taiwan
Hong Kong and Taiwan
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
tradicional por bebés rapazes,
was 120 to 100.
foi de 120 para 100.
competition in love and job markets.
muito mais forte
government's press release,
do governo chinês,
of Cesarean sections.
um pico de cesarianas.
for the Year of the Horse.
assim tanto de cavalos
having unlucky Goat babies.
ter bebés Cabra azarados.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
a uma grande queda das taxas de nascimento
zodiac in reverse,
o zodíaco ao contrário,
will face much less competition.
enfrentarão uma competição muito menor.
top 300 richest people in the world,
do mundo, segundo a Forbes,
the Goat and Tiger,
a Cabra e o Tigre
to have less competition.
ter menos competição.
their investment decisions
as suas decisões de investimento
of the zodiac sign
dos signos do zodíaco
in making major decisions
na tomada de decisões importantes
until the past few decades.
nas últimas décadas.
surviving poverty, drought,
muito ocupados, a sobreviver à pobreza,
às doenças e às guerras civis.
have the time, wealth and technology
a riqueza e a tecnologia
they've always wanted.
que sempre desejaram.
made by 1.3 billion people
por 1300 milhões de pessoas
and demand on everything,
e à procura de tudo,
to property and consumer goods.
à propriedade e aos bens de consumo.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
na economia e geopolítica mundiais,
and other Chinese traditions
e noutras tradições chinesas,
around the world.
em toda a gente no mundo inteiro.
creative and mischievous.
criativos e matreiros.
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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