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26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: ві́шанька на то́рце (víšanʹka na tórcje) — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Catalan: la cirereta del pastís — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Chinese Mandarin: 錦上添花 /锦上添花 (jǐnshàngtiānhuā) — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Czech: třešnička na dortu — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Danish: prikken over i'et — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Dutch: kers op de taart — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Faroese: rosinan í pylsuendanum — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Finnish: sokerina pohjalla — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• French: cerise sur le gâteau — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• German: Sahnehäubchen — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Hebrew: הדובדבן שבקצפת (haduvdeván shebakatséfet) — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Hungarian: hab a tortán — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Icelandic: rúsínan í pylsuendanum — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Irish: an dlaíóg mhullaigh — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Italian: la ciliegina sulla torta — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Norwegian: prikken over i'en — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Polish: wisienka na torcie — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Portuguese: a cereja no topo do bolo — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Portuguese: a cereja do bolo — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Romanian: cireașa de pe tort — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Russian: ви́шенка на то́рте (víšenka na tórte) — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Slovak: čerešnička na torte — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Spanish: la guinda del pastel — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Swedish: grädde på moset — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Swedish: pricken över i — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad
• Ukrainian: ви́шенька на то́рті (výšenʹka na tórti) — thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good or the regretting of something already bad