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Have you ever been asked by your Chinese friend,

Je li vas vaš kineski prijatelj ikada upitao,

"What is your zodiac sign?"

"Koji je tvoj horoskopski znak?"

Don't think they are making small talk.

Nemojte misliti da oni čavrljaju.

If you say, "I'm a Monkey,"

Ako kažete: "Ja sam Majmun,"

they immediately know

oni odmah znaju

you are either 24, 36, 48 or 60 years old.

da imate ili 24, 36, 48, ili 60 godina.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Asking a zodiac sign is a polite way of asking your age.

Pitati o horoskopskom znaku zapravo je pristojan način pitanja vaše dobi.

By revealing your zodiac sign, you are also being evaluated.

Otkrivajući svoj horoskopski znak, također vas procjenjuju.

Judgments are being made about your fortune or misfortune,

Presude se prave o vašoj sreći ili nesreći,

your personality, career prospects

vašoj osobnosti, prospektima u karijeri

and how you will do in a given year.

i kakva će vam biti godina.

If you share you and your partner's animal signs,

Ako podijeliti svoje i partnerove životinjske znakove,

they will paint a picture in their mind about your private life.

oni će oslikati sliku u svom umu o vašem privatnom životu.

Maybe you don't believe in the Chinese zodiac.

Možda ne vjerujete u kineski horoskop.

As a quarter of the world population is influenced by it,

Ali kako utječe na četvrtinu svjetske populacije,

you'd be wise to do something about that.

bili biste pametni da uredite nešto po tom pitanju.

So what is the Chinese zodiac, exactly?

Dakle, što je zapravo kineski horoskop?

Most Westerners think of Greco-Roman zodiac,

Većina zapadnjaka misli o grčko-rimskom horoskopu,

the signs divided into 12 months.

znakovima podijeljenim u 12 mjeseci.

The Chinese zodiac is different.

Kineski horoskop je drugačiji.

It's a 12-year cycle labeled with animals,

To je 12-godišnji ciklus obilježen životinjama,

počevši sa Štakorom i završavajući sa Svinjom,

starting with a Rat and ending with a Pig,

and has no association with constellations.

bez ikakvih asocijacija sa sazviježđem.

For example, if you were born in 1975, you are a Rabbit.

Na primjer, ako ste se rodili 1975, vi ste Zec.

Can you see your zodiac sign there?

Vidite li ovdje svoj horoskopski znak?

Naši kineski preci su izradili vrlo komplicirani teorijski okvir

Our Chinese ancestors constructed a very complicated theoretical framework

based on yin and yang, the five elements and the 12 zodiac animals.

baziran na yin-u i yang-u, pet elemenata i 12 horoskopskih životinja.

Over thousands of years,

Tijekom tisuća godina,

this popular culture has affected people's major decisions,

ova popularna kultura je utjecala na glavne odluke ljudi,

such as naming, marriage, giving birth and attitude towards each other.

kao što su imenovanja, brak, rođenja i stav jedan prema drugom.

And some of the implications are quite amazing.

I neke od implikacija su prilično nevjerojatne.

The Chinese believe certain animals get on better than the others.

Kinezi vjeruju kako se određene životinje slažu bolje od drugih.

Dakle, roditelji biraju određene godine da porode bebe,

So parents choose specific years to give birth to babies,

because they believe the team effort by the right combination of animals

jer vjeruju kako timski rad određene kombinacije životinja

can give prosperity to families.

može donijeti prosperitet obitelji.

We even refer to the zodiac when entering into romantic relations.

Čak se referiramo na horoskop prilikom ulaska u romantične odnose.

I'm a Pig; I should have perfect romance with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.

Ja sam Svinja; Ja bih trebala imati romantičnu vezu sa Tigrovima, Kozama, i Zečevima.

Chinese people believe some animals are natural enemies.

Kinezi vjeruju kako su neke životinje prirodni neprijatelji.

As a Pig, I need to be careful with a Snake.

Kao Svinja, moram biti oprezna sa Zmijom.

Podignite ruku ako ste Zmija.

Raise your hand if you are a Snake.

Let's have a chat later.

Popričajmo kasnije.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

We believe some animals are luckier than the others,

Vjerujemo kako neke životinje imaju više sreće od drugih,

such as the Dragon.

poput Zmaja.

Unlike the Western tradition,

Za razliku od zapadne tradicije,

the Chinese Dragon is a symbol for power, strength and wealth.

kineski Zmaj je simbol moći, snage i bogatstva.

Svačiji san je imati dijete Zmaja.

It's everyone's dream to have a Dragon baby.

Jack Ma's parents must have been very proud.

Roditelji Jack Ma-a mora da su jako ponosni.

And they are not the only ones.

I oni nisu jedini.

2012., godine Zmaja,

In 2012, the Year of the Dragon,

stopa nataliteta u Kini, Hong Kongu i Tajvanu

the birthrate in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

increased by five percent.

je porasla za pet posto.

That means another one million more babies.

To znači dodatan milijun beba.

With a traditional preference to baby boys,

Uz tradicionalnu sklonost prema bebama dječacima,

the boy-girl ratio that year was 120 to 100.

odnos dječak-djevojčica je te godine bio 120 naspram 100.

When those Dragon boys grow up,

Kada ti dječaci Zmajevi odrastu,

they will face much more severe competition in love and job markets.

suočiti će se sa mnogo težom konkurencijom u ljubavi i na tržištima rada.

According to the BBC and the Chinese government's press release,

Prema priopćenje za tisak BBC-a i Kineske vlade,

January 2015 saw a peak of Cesarean sections.

Siječnja 2015. je predstavljao vrhunac carskih rezova.

Why?

Zašto?

That was the last month for the Year of the Horse.

To je bio posljednji mjesec godine Konja.

Nije jer toliko vole konje,

It's not because they like horses so much,

it's because they try to avoid having unlucky Goat babies.

to je zato jer oni pokušavaju izbjeći imati nesretne bebe Koze.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

If you are a Goat, please don't feel bad.

Ako ste Koza, nemojte se osjećati loše.

Those are Goat babies.

Ovo su bebe Koze.

They don't look like losers to me.

Meni ne izgledaju poput gubitnika.

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

Tiger is another undesirable animal,

Tigar je još jedna nepoželjna životinja,

zbog svog promijenjivog temperamenta.

due to its volatile temperament.

Many Chinese regions saw a sharp decline of birthrate

Puno kineskih regija je zabilježilo nagli pad stope nataliteta

during those years.

tijekom tih godina.

Možda treba uzeti u obzir Horoskop u obrnutom slijedu,

Perhaps one should consider zodiac in reverse,

as those Tiger and Goat babies will face much less competition.

jer će se bebe Tigrovi i Koze suočiti s mnogo manje konkurencije.

Možda su oni sretnici.

Maybe they are the lucky ones.

Prošla sam kroz Forbes-ovu listu top 300 najbogatijih ljudi na svijetu,

I went through the Forbes top 300 richest people in the world,

and it's interesting to see

i zanimljivo je vidjeti

the most undesirable two animals, the Goat and Tiger,

kako su dvije najnepoželjnije životinje, Koza i Tigar,

are at the top of the chart,

na samom vrhu liste,

even higher than the Dragon.

čak i više od Zmaja.

So maybe we should consider,

Dakle, možda bismo trebali uzeti u obzir,

maybe it's much better to have less competition.

možda je puno bolje imati manje konkurencije.

One last but interesting point:

I posljednja ali zanimljiva poanta:

many Chinese people make their investment decisions

puno Kineza donosi odluke o ulaganju

based on the zodiac sign index.

prema indeksu horoskopskog znaka.

Although the belief and tradition of the zodiac sign

Iako vjerovanja i tradicija horoskopskog znaka

has been over thousands of years,

su prisutna tisućama godina,

trend njihovog korištenja u svrhu donošenja velikih odluka

the trend of using it in making major decisions

did not really happen until the past few decades.

se nije dogodio sve do prije posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća.

Our ancestors were very busy surviving poverty, drought,

Naši preci su bili vrlo zauzeti preživjeti siromaštvo, sušu,

famine, riot, disease and civil war.

glad, pobune, bolesti i građanske ratove.

I na kraju, Kinezi imaju vremena, bogatstvo i tehnologiju

And finally, Chinese people have the time, wealth and technology

to create an ideal life they've always wanted.

da stvore idealan život koji su oduvijek željeli.

The collective decision made by 1.3 billion people

Kolektivna odluka koju je donijelo 1,3 milijarde ljudi

has caused the fluctuation in economics and demand on everything,

uzrokovala je fluktuaciju u ekonomiji i potražnju za sve,

from health care and education to property and consumer goods.

od zdravstvene skrbi i obrazovanja do nekretnina i potrošačkih dobara.

Kako Kina igra tako važnu ulogu u globalnoj ekonomiji i geopolitici,

As China plays such an important role in the global economy and geopolitics,

odluke donesene na temelju horoskopa i drugih kineskih tradicija

the decisions made based on the zodiac and other Chinese traditions

end up impacting everyone around the world.

imaju utjecaj na sve ljude na svijetu.

Are there any Monkeys here?

Ima li ovdje Majmuna?

2016. je godina Majmuna.

2016 is the Year of the Monkey.

Monkeys are clever, curious, creative and mischievous.

Majmuni su pametni, znatiželjni, kreativni i nestašni.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Pljesak)

(Applause)