ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneur
ShaoLan 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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ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained

ShaoLan Hsueh: Shio Cina dijelaskan

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Seperempat populasi dunia sangat peduli dengan Shio. Walaupun Anda tidak mempercayainya, akan bermanfaat untuk mengetahui bagaimana cara kerja shio, kata ahli teknologi dan pengusaha ShaoLan Hseuh. Dalam presentasi yang informatif dan menyenangkan ini, ShaoLan berbagi tips tentang bagaimana memahami tradisi kuno dan menjelaskan bagaimana shio diyakini mempengaruhi kepribadian, karir, prospek pernikahan, dan peruntungan Anda sepanjang tahun. Apa yang dikatakan shio Anda tentang Anda?
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Have you ever been askedtanya
by your ChineseCina friendteman,
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Pernahkah Anda ditanyai oleh
teman etnis Cina,
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"What is your zodiaczodiak signtanda?"
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"Shiomu apa?"
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Don't think they are makingmembuat smallkecil talk.
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Jangan berpikir mereka
sedang berbasa-basi.
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If you say, "I'm a MonkeyMonyet,"
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Jika Anda berkata, "Shioku monyet,"
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they immediatelysegera know
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mereka bisa langsung tahu
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you are eitherantara 24, 36, 48 or 60 yearstahun oldtua.
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usia Anda 24, 36, 48, atau 60 tahun.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tertawa)
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AskingBertanya a zodiaczodiak signtanda is a politesopan way
of askingmeminta your ageusia.
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Menanyakan shio adalah cara sopan
untuk menanyakan umur Anda.
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By revealingmengungkapkan your zodiaczodiak signtanda,
you are alsojuga beingmakhluk evaluateddievaluasi.
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Dengan memberitahu shio Anda,
Anda juga sedang dievaluasi.
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JudgmentsPenilaian are beingmakhluk madeterbuat
about your fortunenasib or misfortunekemalangan,
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Keberuntungan atau kesialan
bisa ditelusuri dari sini,
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your personalitykepribadian, careerkarier prospectsprospek
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kepribadian Anda, prospek karir,
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and how you will do in a givendiberikan yeartahun.
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dan peruntungan Anda di tahun tersebut.
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If you shareBagikan you and your
partner'smitra animalhewan signstanda-tanda,
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Jika Anda memberitahu
shio Anda dan pasangan Anda,
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they will paintcat a picturegambar in theirmereka mindpikiran
about your privatepribadi life.
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mereka akan membayangkan
tentang kehidupan pribadi Anda.
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Maybe you don't believe
in the ChineseCina zodiaczodiak.
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Mungkin Anda tidak percaya dengan shio.
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As a quarterperempat of the worlddunia populationpopulasi
is influencedterpengaruh by it,
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Dengan seperempat populasi dunia
dipengaruhi oleh shio,
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you'dAnda akan be wisebijaksana to do something about that.
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mungkin Anda bisa belajar sesuatu
tentangnya.
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So what is the ChineseCina zodiaczodiak, exactlypersis?
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Jadi apa sebenarnya shio itu?
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MostSebagian WesternersBarat think
of Greco-RomanYunani-Romawi zodiaczodiak,
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Kebanyakan orang Barat akan terpikir
zodiak Yunani-Romawi,
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the signstanda-tanda dividedterbagi into 12 monthsbulan.
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yang dibagi atas 12 bulan.
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The ChineseCina zodiaczodiak is differentberbeda.
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Tapi shio berbeda.
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It's a 12-year-tahun cyclesiklus labeledlabel with animalshewan,
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Shio menggunakan siklus 12 tahun
yang dilambangkan dengan binatang,
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startingmulai with a RatTikus and endingakhir with a PigBabi,
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dimulai dengan Tikus dan
diakhiri dengan Babi,
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and has no associationasosiasi
with constellationsrasi bintang.
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dan tidak ada hubungannya
dengan perbintangan.
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For examplecontoh, if you were bornlahir
in 1975, you are a RabbitKelinci.
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Misalnya, jika Anda lahir tahun 1975,
shio Anda Kelinci.
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Can you see your zodiaczodiak signtanda there?
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Bisakah Anda melihat shio Anda?
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Our ChineseCina ancestorsnenek moyang constructeddibangun
a very complicatedrumit theoreticalteoretis frameworkkerangka
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Leluhur Cina kita telah menyusun
kerangka teori yang sangat rumit
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basedberbasis on yinYin and yangyang, the fivelima elementselemen
and the 12 zodiaczodiak animalshewan.
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berdasarkan yin dan yang,
5 elemen, dan 12 zodiak binatang.
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Over thousandsribuan of yearstahun,
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Selama ribuan tahun,
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this popularpopuler culturebudaya has affectedterpengaruh
people'sorang-orang majorutama decisionskeputusan,
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budaya populer ini telah mempengaruhi
banyak keputusan penting,
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suchseperti itu as namingpenamaan, marriagepernikahan, givingmemberi birthkelahiran
and attitudesikap towardsmenuju eachsetiap other.
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seperti pemberian nama, pernikahan,
kelahiran, dan perilaku seseorang.
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And some of the implicationsimplikasi
are quitecukup amazingmenakjubkan.
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Dan beberapa dampaknya cukup menakjubkan.
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The ChineseCina believe certaintertentu animalshewan
get on better than the otherslainnya.
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Orang Cina percaya binatang tertentu bisa
beradaptasi lebih baik dari yang lain.
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So parentsorangtua choosememilih specificspesifik yearstahun
to give birthkelahiran to babiesbayi,
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Jadi orang tua memilih tahun tertentu
untuk melahirkan anaknya,
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because they believe the teamtim effortupaya
by the right combinationkombinasi of animalshewan
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karena mereka meyakini perpaduan kombinasi
binatang yang baik akan
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can give prosperitykemakmuran to familieskeluarga.
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bisa membawa kesejahteraan pada keluarga.
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We even referlihat to the zodiaczodiak
when enteringmemasuki into romanticromantis relationshubungan.
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Kami bahkan memperhitungkan shio
saat memulai hubungan romantis.
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I'm a PigBabi; I should have perfectsempurna romancepercintaan
with TigersHarimau, GoatsKambing and RabbitsKelinci.
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Saya shio Babi; saya bisa menjalin romansa
dengan Macan, Kambing dan Kelinci.
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ChineseCina people believe some animalshewan
are naturalalam enemiesmusuh.
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Orang Cina percaya bahwa
beberapa binatang adalah musuh alami.
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As a PigBabi, I need
to be carefulcermat with a SnakeUlar.
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Sebagai shio Babi,
saya perlu berhati-hati dengan Ular.
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RaiseMeningkatkan your handtangan if you are a SnakeUlar.
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Jika Anda Ular, tolong angkat tangan.
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Let's have a chatobrolan laterkemudian.
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Nanti kita ngobrol ya.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tertawa)
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We believe some animalshewan
are luckierberuntung than the otherslainnya,
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Kami percaya beberapa binatang
lebih beruntung daripada yang lainnya,
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suchseperti itu as the DragonNaga.
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misalnya Naga.
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UnlikeTidak seperti the WesternBarat traditiontradisi,
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Tidak seperti tradisi Barat,
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the ChineseCina DragonNaga is a symbolsimbol
for powerkekuasaan, strengthkekuatan and wealthkekayaan.
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Naga Cina adalah simbol kekuasaan,
kekuatan dan kekayaan.
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It's everyone'ssemua orang dreammimpi
to have a DragonNaga babybayi.
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Semua orang ingin mempunyai bayi Naga.
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JackJack Ma'sMA's parentsorangtua
mustharus have been very proudbangga.
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Orang tua Jack Ma pasti sangat bangga.
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And they are not the only onesyang.
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Dan mereka bukan satu-satunya.
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In 2012, the YearTahun of the DragonNaga,
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Tahun 2012, tahun Naga,
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the birthrateKelahiran in ChinaCina,
HongHong KongKong and TaiwanTaiwan
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tingkat kelahiran di China,
Hong Kong dan Taiwan
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increasedmeningkat by fivelima percentpersen.
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meningkat sebanyak 5 persen.
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That meanscara anotherlain
one millionjuta more babiesbayi.
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Itu berarti lebih dari 1 juta bayi baru.
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With a traditionaltradisional
preferencepreferensi to babybayi boysanak laki-laki,
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Dengan kecenderungan tradisional
untuk memilih bayi laki-laki,
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the boy-girlgadis anak laki-laki ratiorasio that yeartahun
was 120 to 100.
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rasio bayi laki-laki dan bayi perempuan
tahun itu adalah 120 banding 100.
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When those DragonNaga boysanak laki-laki growtumbuh up,
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Saat anak laki-laki Naga tumbuh besar,
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they will facemenghadapi much more severeparah
competitionkompetisi in love and jobpekerjaan marketspasar.
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mereka akan menghadapi persaingan ketat
dalam percintaan dan lapangan kerja.
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AccordingMenurut to the BBCBBC and the ChineseCina
government'spemerintah presstekan releasemelepaskan,
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Menurut BBC dan siaran berita
pemerintah Cina,
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JanuaryJanuari 2015 saw a peakpuncak
of CesareanCaesar sectionsbagian.
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Januari 2015 adalah puncak
dari operasi Caesar.
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Why?
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Kenapa?
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That was the last monthbulan
for the YearTahun of the HorseKuda.
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Itu adalah bulan terakhir dari tahun Kuda.
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It's not because they like horseskuda so much,
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Bukan karena mereka sangat menyukai Kuda,
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it's because they try to avoidmenghindari
havingmemiliki unluckyberuntung GoatKambing babiesbayi.
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melainkan karena mereka mau menghindari
bayi Kambing yang tidak beruntung.
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If you are a GoatKambing, please don't feel badburuk.
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Jika Anda bershio Kambing,
jangan bersedih.
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Those are GoatKambing babiesbayi.
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Mereka adalah bayi-bayi Kambing.
Menurut saya, mereka tak tampak
seperti pecundang.
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They don't look like loserspecundang to me.
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(Tertawa)
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TigerHarimau is anotherlain undesirabletidak diinginkan animalhewan,
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Macan adalah shio lain
yang tidak diinginkan,
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duekarena to its volatiletidak stabil temperamenttemperamen.
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karena temperamennya tidak stabil,
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ManyBanyak ChineseCina regionsdaerah
saw a sharptajam declinemenurun of birthrateKelahiran
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Banyak daerah di Cina mengalami
penurunan angka kelahiran
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duringselama those yearstahun.
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sepanjang tahun Macan.
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PerhapsMungkin one should considermempertimbangkan
zodiaczodiak in reversemembalikkan,
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Mungkin kita harus melihat shio
secara terbalik,
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as those TigerHarimau and GoatKambing babiesbayi
will facemenghadapi much lesskurang competitionkompetisi.
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karena bayi-bayi Macan dan Kambing akan
menghadapi persaingan yang lebih sedikit.
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Maybe they are the luckyberuntung onesyang.
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Mungkin merekalah yang beruntung.
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I wentpergi throughmelalui the ForbesForbes
toppuncak 300 richestterkaya people in the worlddunia,
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Saya membaca 300 orang terkaya
di dunia versi Forbes,
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and it's interestingmenarik to see
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dan sangat menarik bahwa
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the mostpaling undesirabletidak diinginkan two animalshewan,
the GoatKambing and TigerHarimau,
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2 shio yang paling tidak diinginkan,
Kambing dan Macan,
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are at the toppuncak of the chartgrafik,
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mereka berada di peringkat teratas,
04:32
even higherlebih tinggi than the DragonNaga.
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bahkan lebih tinggi daripada Naga.
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So maybe we should considermempertimbangkan,
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Jadi mungkin kita harus mempertimbangkan,
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maybe it's much better
to have lesskurang competitionkompetisi.
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mungkin lebih baik mendapatkan
persaingan yang lebih sedikit.
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One last but interestingmenarik pointtitik:
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Satu poin terakhir yang menarik:
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manybanyak ChineseCina people make
theirmereka investmentinvestasi decisionskeputusan
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banyak orang Cina membuat
keputusan tentang investasi mereka
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basedberbasis on the zodiaczodiak signtanda indexindeks.
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berdasarkan indeks shio.
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AlthoughMeskipun the beliefkepercayaan and traditiontradisi
of the zodiaczodiak signtanda
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Meskipun kepercayaan dan tradisi shio
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has been over thousandsribuan of yearstahun,
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sudah ada sejak ribuan tahun,
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the trendkecenderungan of usingmenggunakan it
in makingmembuat majorutama decisionskeputusan
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tren menggunakannya untuk
membuat keputusan besar
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did not really happenterjadi
untilsampai the pastlalu fewbeberapa decadesdekade.
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tidak benar-benar terjadi
sampai beberapa dekade terakhir.
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Our ancestorsnenek moyang were very busysibuk
survivingbertahan povertykemiskinan, droughtkekeringan,
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Leluhur kita sangat sibuk bertahan hidup
dari kemiskinan, kekeringan,
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faminekelaparan, riotkerusuhan, diseasepenyakit and civilsipil warperang.
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kelaparan, kekacauan, wabah penyakit,
dan perang saudara.
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And finallyakhirnya, ChineseCina people
have the time, wealthkekayaan and technologyteknologi
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Dan akhirnya, sekarang orang Cina
memiliki waktu, kekayaan, dan teknologi
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to createmembuat an idealideal life
they'vemereka sudah always wanted.
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untuk membina kehidupan ideal
yang selama ini mereka dambakan.
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The collectivekolektif decisionkeputusan
madeterbuat by 1.3 billionmilyar people
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Keputusan bersama yang diambil oleh
1,3 milyar orang
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has causeddisebabkan the fluctuationfluktuasi in economicsekonomi
and demandpermintaan on everything,
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telah menyebabkan anjloknya perekonomian
dan permintaan atas segala hal,
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from healthkesehatan carepeduli and educationpendidikan
to propertymilik and consumerkonsumen goodsbarang.
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mulai dari perawatan kesehatan dan
pendidikan,
hingga properti dan barang publik.
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As ChinaCina playsbermain suchseperti itu an importantpenting roleperan
in the globalglobal economyekonomi and geopoliticsgeopolitik,
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Karena Cina memiliki peran penting dalam
perekonomian dan geopolitik global,
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the decisionskeputusan madeterbuat basedberbasis on the zodiaczodiak
and other ChineseCina traditionstradisi
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keputusan yang dibuat berdasarkan
shio dan tradisi Cina lainnya
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endakhir up impactingberdampak everyonesemua orang
around the worlddunia.
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akhirnya berdampak pada
semua orang di seluruh dunia.
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Are there any MonkeysMonyet here?
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Apakah ada Monyet disini?
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2016 is the YearTahun of the MonkeyMonyet.
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2016 adalah tahun Monyet.
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MonkeysMonyet are cleverpintar, curiousingin tahu,
creativekreatif and mischievousnakal.
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Monyet itu pintar, ingin tahu,
kreatif dan nakal.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
06:00
(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk tangan)
Translated by Lanny Yunita
Reviewed by Dewi Barnas

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneur
ShaoLan 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. 

 

More profile about the speaker
ShaoLan Hsueh | Speaker | TED.com