According to a 2021 account, Winnie-the-Pooh had been translated into 72 languages.
The figure refers to the international translation history of Milne’s Pooh books, whose wordplay and character names have often required creative adaptation. Translators have sometimes produced titles and names that differ substantially from the English originals while preserving the stories’ central relationships and humor.
Notable examples include Winnie ille Pu, Alexander Lenard’s Latin translation first published in 1958, and Kubuś Puchatek, Irena Tuwim’s influential Polish translation from 1938. The work has also appeared in languages including Esperanto, Hebrew, Russian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Czech, Yiddish, and Afrikaans.
Translation totals can vary depending on whether separate editions, retellings, and related books are counted. The 72-language figure is therefore best understood as the count reported in the cited 2021 overview, rather than a permanent total that can never change.