There are about 3 billion people in the world who are able to read PG essays. Others can't.
So was I, until I met translation. This was my starting point on the career path of startups.
If we translate (or find translations of and put in one place) the most popular PG essays into the top 20 languages, it will help another 2B+ people read essays and get on the path of startups.
Languages by a total number of speakers:
English - 1.348 billion
Chinese - 1.120 billion
Hindi - 600 million
Spanish - 543 million
Arabic - 274 million
Bengali - 268 million
French - 267 million
Russian - 258 million
Portuguese - 258 million
Urdu - 230 million
Indonesian - 199 million
German - 135 million
Japanese - 126 million
Marathi - 99 million
Telugu - 96 million
Turkish - 88 million
Tamil - 85.5 million
Korean - 82 million
Vietnamese - 77 million
Hausa - 75 million
Italian - 68 million
Translations I’ve Found:
Is There Such a Thing as Good Taste? (русский)
Weird Languages (русский, 日本語)
How to Work Hard (русский, العربية)
A Project of One's Own (русский)
An NFT That Saves Lives
The Real Reason to End the Death Penalty
How People Get Rich Now (русский)
Write Simply (Русский, 日本語)
Donate Unrestricted (日本語)
What I Worked On (Русский, 日本語)
Earnestness (Русский, 日本語)
Billionaires Build (Русский)
How to Think for Yourself (Русский, 日本語)
Early Work (Русский)
Modeling a Wealth Tax (日本語)
The Four Quadrants of Conformism (Русский, Deutsche, 한국어, Српски, 日本語)
Orthodox Privilege (Русский, 日本語)
Coronavirus and Credibility (العربية, Finnish, German, French)
How to Write Usefully (Русский)
Being a Noob (Русский, العربية, 日本語, Français, 한국어, Polskie, 中文, Српски 1, Српски 2)
Haters (Русский, 日本語, العربية, Polskie)
The Two Kinds of Moderate (Русский, 日本語)
Fashionable Problems (Русский, 日本語, العربية Français)
Having Kids (Русский, العربية, Slovenský)
The Lesson to Unlearn (Русский, العربية, Svenska, 日本語)
Novelty and Heresy (Русский, 日本語, Simplified Chinese Translation)
The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius (Русский, 日本語, 日本語 2, Español, 한국어)
General and Surprising (Русский, 日本語)
Charisma / Power( )
The Risk of Discovery (العربية, 日本語)
How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup Hub (Русский, Español, Український, 日本語)
Life is Short (Русский, 日本語, 한국어 日本語 Chinese Translation)
Economic Inequality (Русский, Русский, часть 2, Français)
The Refragmentation (Русский (часть 1), Русский (часть 2))
Jessica Livingston (Русский)
A Way to Detect Bias (Русский, 日本語, العربية Svenska)
Write Like You Talk (Русский, العربية, 日本語 العربية)
Default Alive or Default Dead? (Русский)
Why It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice (Русский)
Change Your Name (Русский)
What Microsoft Is this the Altair Basic of? (Русский)
The Ronco Principle (Русский, 日本語)
What Doesn't Seem Like Work? (Русский, Français)
Don't Talk to Corp Dev (Русский)
Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In (Русский, Español)
How to Be an Expert in a Changing World (Русский, العربية, Español, 日本語)
How You Know (Русский, 日本語)
The Fatal Pinch (Русский, 日本語, العربية)
Mean People Fail (Русский, Português, 日本語, العربية)
Before the Startup (Русский (часть 1), Русский (часть 2), 日本語)
How to Raise Money (Русский, Русский (часть 1), Русский (часть 2), Русский (часть 3).)
Investor Herd Dynamics (Русский)
How to Convince Investors (Русский)
Do Things that Don't Scale (Русский, Русский 2, Русский 3, 日本語, Français, العربية, Italiano)
Startup Investing Trends (Русский, Русский)
How to Get Startup Ideas (Русский 1, 2, 3, 4), 日本語, italiano)
The Hardware Renaissance (Русский, Polskie, 日本語)
Startup = Growth (Русский (часть 1), Русский (часть 2), العربية, Eesti keel, Português, Italiano)
Black Swan Farming (Русский, 日本語)
The Top of My Todo List (Русский, 日本語)
Writing and Speaking (Русский, 日本語)
Defining Property (Русский, 日本語)
Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas (Русский, 日本語)
A Word to the Resourceful (Русский, 日本語, 日本語 2)
Schlep Blindness (Русский, 日本語)
Snapshot: Viaweb, June 1998 (Русский, 日本語)
Why Startup Hubs Work (Русский, 日本語)
The Patent Pledge (Русский, 日本語)
Subject: Airbnb (日本語)
Founder Control (Русский, 日本語)
Tablets (Русский, Español, 日本語)
What We Look for in Founders (Русский, 日本語)
The New Funding Landscape (Русский, 日本語)
Where to See Silicon Valley (日本語)
High Resolution Fundraising (日本語)
What Happened to Yahoo (Русский, 日本語)
The Future of Startup Funding (Русский, 日本語)
The Acceleration of Addictiveness (Русский, Español, 日本語)
The Top Idea in Your Mind (Русский, 日本語)
How to Lose Time and Money (Русский, Русский 2, Español, 日本語)
Organic Startup Ideas (Русский, Español, 日本語)
Apple's Mistake (Русский, 日本語)
What Startups Are Really Like (Русский, עִברִית, 한국어, Español, 日本語)
Persuade xor Discover (Русский, 日本語)
Post-Medium Publishing (日本語)
The List of N Things (Русский, 日本語)
The Anatomy of Determination (Русский, italiano, Español, 日本語)
What Kate Saw in Silicon Valley (Русский, 日本語)
The Trouble with the Segway (Español, 日本語)
Ramen Profitable (Русский, Español, 日本語)
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule (Русский, 한국어, français, Türk, Polskie, 日本語)
A Local Revolution? (Русский, 日本語)
Why Twitter is a Big Deal (日本語)
The Founder Visa (日本語)
Five Founders (日本語)
Relentlessly Resourceful (Русский, 简体中文）, Español, український, 日本語)
How to Be an Angel Investor (Русский, 日本語)
Why TV Lost (Русский, 日本語, Español)
Can You Buy a Silicon Valley? Maybe. (Русский, 日本語)
What I've Learned from Hacker News (Русский, 日本語)
Startups in 13 Sentences (Русский, 한국어,简体中文）, Español, 日本語, български, Türk)
Keep Your Identity Small (Русский, português, Română, 日本語)
After Credentials (Español, 日本語)
Could VC be a Casualty of the Recession? (Русский, 日本語)
The High-Res Society (Русский, 日本語)
The Other Half of Artists Ship (Русский, 日本語)
Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (Русский, Español, 日本語, العربية)
A Fundraising Survival Guide (Русский, 日本語)
The Pooled-Risk Company Management Company (Русский, 日本語)
Cities and Ambition (Русский, 中文, italiano, 日本語)
Disconnecting Distraction (Русский, italiano, Español, 日本語)
Lies We Tell Kids (Русский 1, Русский 2, français, Deutsche, 日本語)
Be Good (Русский, Deutsche, Español)
Why There Aren`t More Googles (Русский, Español, 日本語)
Some Heroes (Русский, 日本語)
How to Disagree (Русский, русский, français, Deutsche, italiano, 日本語)
You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss (Русский, Español, 日本語, français)
A New Venture Animal (Русский, 日本語)
Trolls (Русский, Español, 日本語)
Six Principles for Making New Things (Русский, Español, 日本語)
Why to Move to a Startup Hub (Русский, 日本語)
The Future of Web Startups (Русский, 日本語)
How to Do Philosophy (Русский, français, Español, 日本語)
News from the Front (日本語)
How Not to Die (Русский, 日本語, العربية)
Holding a Program in One's Head (Русский, 日本語, Español)
Stuff (Русский 1, Русский 2, русский 3, italiano, français, Deutsche, Polskie, Español, Türk, 日本語)
The Equity Equation (Русский, 简体中文）, 日本語)
An Alternative Theory of Unions (日本語)
The Hacker's Guide to Investors( )
Two Kinds of Judgement (Русский, العربية, Polskie, Español, 日本語)
Microsoft is Dead (Русский, português, Español, 日本語)
Why to Not Not Start a Startup (Русский, 日本語, 한국어)
Is It Worth Being Wise? (Русский, français, 日本語)
Learning from Founders (日本語)
How Art Can Be Good (Русский, 日本語)
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups (Русский, 中文, 日本語, Română, Español)
A Student's Guide to Startups (中文, 日本語)
How to Present to Investors (Русский, 日本語)
Copy What You Like (Русский 1, Русский 2, Română, 中文, Español)
The Island Test (Русский, 日本語, Español)
The Power of the Marginal (Русский, 日本語)
Why Startups Condense in America (Русский,日本語, العربية)
How to Be Silicon Valley (Русский, 日本語, Español)
The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn (Русский, français, Русский 2, 日本語, Română, Español)
See Randomness (Español, 日本語)
Are Software Patents Evil? (日本語)
6,631,372 (日本語)
Why YC (Русский, Español, 日本語)
How to Do What You Love (Русский, português, 中文, ελληνικά, Magyar, italiano, 日本語, Српски, Slovenský, עִברִית, Deutsche, Español)
Good and Bad Procrastination (Русский, 日本語, italiano, português, Română, Русский 2, עִברִית, Deutsche, Polskie, Español)
Web 2.0 (Русский, 日本語, Español)
How to Fund a Startup (Русский, Español, 日本語)
The Venture Capital Squeeze (日本語, Română, עִברִית)
Ideas for Startups (Русский, 日本語, Română, 中國傳統的）, Español, 日本語)
What I Did this Summer (日本語, Română)
Inequality and Risk (Русский, 日本語, Nederlands, Română, 中國傳統的）, Español)
After the Ladder (Русский,日本語, Română, Español)
What Business Can Learn from Open Source (Русский 1, Русский 2, Руский 3, français, Español, العربية)
Hiring is Obsolete (Русский, 日本語, Română)
The Submarine (日本語)
Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas (Русский, 日本語)
Return of the Mac (Русский, 中文, italiano, Español, 日本語)
Writing, Briefly (Русский, 中文, dansk, 日本語, Română, Deutsche, русский, Polskie, Español)
Undergraduation (Русский)
A Unified Theory of VC Suckage (日本語, Español)
How to Start a Startup (Русский, Türk, 中文, 日本語, Español, русский)
What You'll Wish You'd Known (Русский, 日本語, Polskie, Español)
Made in USA (Русский, Español)
It's Charisma, Stupid (Español, 日本語)
Bradley's Ghost (日本語)
A Version 1.0 (日本語)
What the Bubble Got Right (Русский, русский, 日本語)
The Age of the Essay (Русский, Magyar, 中國傳統的）, Español)
The Python Paradox (Русский, português, 日本語, français, italiano, Română, తెలుగు, Español)
Great Hackers (Русский часть 1, Русский часть 2, 日本語, Español)
Mind the Gap (Русский, Español)
How to Make Wealth (Русский, Español)
The Word «Hacker» (Русский, Română, Español)
What You Can't Say (Русский, 日本語, Nederlands, français, Română, Türk, 中文, עִברִית, Deutsche, Magyar, Español)
Filters that Fight Back (日本語, Español)
Hackers and Painters (Русский часть 1, часть 2, альтернатива, 日本語, Čeština, Deutsche, Español)
If Lisp is So Great (日本語, Română, Español)
The Hundred-Year Language (Русский часть 1, Русский часть 2, 日本語, Español)
Why Nerds are Unpopular (Русский, Русский, français, português, Español, 日本語)
Better Bayesian Filtering (日本語, 中文)
Design and Research (Русский, 日本語, Română, Español, український)
A Plan for Spam (Русский, 日本語, Español)
Revenge of the Nerds (Русский: часть 1, часть 2, часть 3, 日本語, 中文, Español, український)
Succinctness is Power (Русский, 日本語, русский, Español)
What Languages Fix (Русский, 日本語, français, português, Polskie, Español)
Taste for Makers (Русский, 日本語, 中文, русский, slovenski, Deutsche, Español)
Why Arc Isn't Especially Object-Oriented (Español, 日本語)
What Made Lisp Different (Русский, 日本語, Español)
The Other Road Ahead (Русский часть 1, Русский часть 2, 日本語)
The Roots of Lisp (日本語, 中文, 한국어, Español)
Five Questions about Language Design (Русский, 日本語, Español)
Being Popular (Русский часть 1, Русский часть 2, 日本語, Español)
Java's Cover (Русский, 日本語, čeština)
Beating the Averages (Русский, Español, Türk, 日本語)
Lisp for Web-Based Applications (Русский, 日本語)
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
Programming Bottom-Up (Polskie, Español, 日本語)