How important is linguistic similarity of the original language of a book and the language of translation for the overall quality of translation?

Hi everyone! Let's say I want to read a book by a Danish author. I can't read Danish, but I can read this book translated in English, Russian and Spanish. Should I go for reading it in English because it's the closest language to Danish (linguistically) from the three above? Or should I take into account the translators and publishing house reputation more? What's your personal opinion? Or maybe you know about some related research?

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