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azepoi | 3 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_works_by_numb...

This is the second most translated book after the Bible

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graemep|3 months ago

That is a really interesting list.

The number for the Bible is a bit misleading because it is "at least one book translated". I think the number for the most translated "book" would be preferable. Its a bit inconsistent with how it treats series too.

There are quite a few things that surprised me in the list (either a lot more or far fewer translations than I expected, especially relative to other works in the list)

madcaptenor|3 months ago

Wikipedia gives 2191 for "at least New Testament", which I assume means all the books of the New Testament, and 698 for the Old and New Testaments. So it's still #1, since #2 (Le Petit Prince) is at 610.

It wouldn't surprise me if the number for the four Gospels is higher than the full New Testament number.

dkga|3 months ago

And the Bible had quite a head start!