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Do you think it may be a different one? Are you surprised?
(Note: I'm not including religious or very political stuff)
In the Romance languages:
1. ITALIAN
Pinocchio (1883), translated into more than 240 languages.
2. FRENCH
Le Petit Prince 'The Little Prince' (1943), translated into more than 216 languages.
3. PORTUGUESE
O Alquimista 'The Alchemist' (1988), translated into 67 languages.
4. SPANISH
Don Quijote de la Mancha (1615), translated into more than 48 languages.
5. CATALAN
La pell freda 'Cold Skin' (2002), translated into 37 languages.
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In the Germanic languages:
1. DANISH
Eventyr 'Fairy-tales' (1835-53), translated into more than 150 languages.
2. ENGLISH
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), translated into 97 languages.
3. SWEDISH
Pippi Lĺngstrump 'Pippi Longstocking' (1945), translated into 64 languages.
4. DUTCH
Het Achterhuis 'The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)' (1947), translated into 60 languages.
5. GERMAN
Heidi (1880), translated into 50 languages.
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In the Slavic languages:
1. CZECH
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války 'The Good Soldier Schweik' (1923), translated into 58 languages.
2. POLISH
Quo vadis (1895), translated into 50 languages.
3. BULGARIAN
Под игото 'Under the Yoke' (1888), translated into 30 languages.
NOTE: I'm pretty sure that there should be Russian books with more translations than those three, but I couldn't find any figures so far.
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