too many cooks spoil the broth

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40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Libyan Arabic: المركب اللي ليها ريسين تغرق — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Arabic: إذا كترو طباخين بتنحرق الطبخة (ʔiza kitru ṭ-ṭabbāḵīn btinḥreʔ iṭ-ṭabḵa) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Bulgarian: много баби, хилаво дете (mnogo babi, hilavo dete) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Burmese: ဆရာများ သားသေ (hca.ra-mya: sa:se) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Chinese Mandarin: 人多添亂 /人多添乱 (rén duō tiān luàn) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Chinese Mandarin: 人多誤事 /人多误事 (rén duō wù shì) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Chinese Mandarin: 人多手腳亂 /人多手脚乱 (rén duō shǒujiǎo luàn) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Czech: příliš mnoho kuchařů přesolí polévku — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Danish: for mange kokke fordærver maden — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Dutch: veel koks bederven de brij — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Dutch: veel koks verzouten de brij — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Esperanto: tro da kuiristoj kaĉon difektas — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Finnish: mitä useampi kokki, sitä huonompi soppa — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• French: trop de cuisiniers gâtent la sauce — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• French: autant de têtes, autant d'avis — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• French: deux patrons font chavirer la barque — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• German: viele Köche verderben den Brei — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Greek: όπου λαλούν πολλοί κοκόροι αργεί να ξημερώσει (ópou laloún polloí kokóroi argeí na ximerósei) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Hebrew: בְּרֹב חוֹבְלִים תַּטְבַּעְנָה הַסְּפִינוֹת (b'róv khovlím tatbá'na hasfinót) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Hungarian: túl sok szakács elsózza a levest — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Italian: troppi galli nel pollaio — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Italian: troppi galli a cantare — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Japanese: 船頭多くして船山に登る (sendō ōkushite fune yama-ni noboru) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Korean: 사공이 많으면 배가 산으로 간다 (sagong'i maneumyeon baega saneuro ganda) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Lithuanian: devynios auklės, vaikas be galvos — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Norwegian: jo flere kokker, jo mer søl — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Persian: آشپز که دوتا شد، آش یا شور میشود، یا بینمک (âšpaz ke do-tâ šod, âš yâ šur mišavad, yâ bi-namak) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Polish: gdzie kucharek sześć, tam nie ma co jeść — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Portuguese: quem não ajuda não atrapalha — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Portuguese: muita cera queima a igreja — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Portuguese: a cera sobeja queima a igreja — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Romanian: copilul cu mai multe moașe rămâne cu buricul netăiat — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Russian: у семи́ ня́нек дитя́ без гла́за (u semí njánek ditjá bez gláza) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Spanish: muchas manos en un plato causan arrebato — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Spanish: muchas manos en un plato hacen mucho garabato — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Swedish: ju fler kockar, desto sämre soppa — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Thai: มากหมอมากความ — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Ukrainian: у семи няньок дитя без ока (u semy njanʹok dytja bez oka) — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Vietnamese: lắm thầy nhiều ma — with too many people a task won't be done very well
• Vietnamese: chín người mười ý — with too many people a task won't be done very well