the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on

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The saying, found in many Eurasian languages, probably originated in Turkish (it ürür, kervan yürür), where it rhymes.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: qentë le të lehin, karvani ecën përpara — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Arabic: الْقَافِلَةُ تَسِيرُ وَالْكِلَابُ تَنْبَحُ (al-qāfilatu tasīru wālkilābu tanbaḥu) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Azerbaijani: it hürər, karvan keçər — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Bulgarian: ку́четата ла́ят, керва́нът си върви́ (kúčetata lájat, kervánǎt si vǎrví) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 我行我素,豈管他哉 /我行我素 — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 岂管他哉 (wǒ xíng wǒ sù, qǐ guǎn tā zāi) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Czech: psi štěkají, ale karavana jde dál — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Czech: psi štěkají, ale karavana jede dál — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Finnish: koirat haukkuvat ja karavaani kulkee — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• French: les chiens aboient, la caravane passe — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• French: le chien aboie, la caravane passe — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Georgian: ძაღლი ყეფს ქარავანი მიდის (ʒaɣli q̇eps karavani midis) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• German: die Hunde bellen, aber die Karawane zieht weiter — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Greek: τα σκυλιά αλυχτούν μα το καραβάνι προχωρά (ta skyliá alychtoún ma to karaváni prochorá) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Hebrew: הכלבים נובחים,אבל השיירה עוברת (haklavím novkhím, avál hashayará ovéret) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Hungarian: a kutya ugat, a karaván halad — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Indonesian: anjing menggongong, kafilah berlalu — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Korean: 개가 짖어도 기차는 달린다 (gaega jijeodo gichaneun dallinda) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Macedonian: кучињата лаат, карванот си врви (kučinjata laat, karvanot si vrvi) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Polish: psy szczekają, karawana idzie dalej — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Polish: psy szczekają, karawana jedzie dalej — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Portuguese: os cães ladram, mas a caravana passa — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Romanian: câinii latră, ursul merge — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Romanian: câinii latră, carvana trece — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Russian: соба́ка ла́ет, а карава́н идёт (sobáka lájet, a karaván idjót) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Russian: соба́ка ла́ет, а ба́ры е́дут (sobáka lájet, a báry jédut) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Russian: соба́ка ла́ет, ве́тер но́сит (sobáka lájet, véter nósit) — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Serbo-Croatian: пси лају, а каравани пролазе — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Serbo-Croatian: psi laju, a karavane prolaze — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Slovak: psy štekajú, ale karavána ide ďalej — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Spanish: los perros ladran, pero la caravana pasa — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Turkish: it ürür, kervan yürür — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress
• Vietnamese: chó cứ sủa còn đoàn người cứ đi — life goes on even if some will try to stop progress