Too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot

Spanish translation: Demasiadas mentes analíticas echaron a perder el pastel.

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English term or phrase:	left-brain:Too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot
Spanish translation:	Demasiadas mentes analíticas echaron a perder el pastel.
Entered by:	Christine Walsh

22:38 Nov 9, 2008

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English term or phrase: Too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot

It is a post about how the economic crisis was coming, somebody alerted them, but people in organizations that are left-brained, (use predominantely left cerebral hemisphere, being therefore more analytical and logical) don't look at the historical insight, focus more on what they are doing right now, and miss the alert, whereas right-branded people listened to the alert, (being more creative and able to have more of a historical prespective) but they were outnumbered in the organizations and ignored

Cercedilla KudoZ activity Questions: 17 (1 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 74 United States
Local time: 16:19

Demasiadas mentes analíticas echaron a perder el pastel.

Explanation:
I chose past ternse to refer to sth. that has happened, rather than generalize as it's not an actual proverb even if it echoes one. 'Pastel' often has the connotation of riches to be shared (or not). It also occurs to me you could use the saying (demasiados cocineros echan a perder el caldo) and then paraphrase the English version, but I don't know how much leeway you've got.

Selected response from:

Christine Walsh
Local time: 20:19

Grading comment

Muchas gracias, a ti y a todos, por vuestra ayuda. La respuesta de Mónica era perfecta para el contenido del artículo, pero era una traducción demasiado libre, como pasaba con la de Bea. Pero como si tenía un poco de leeway, al final lo dejé como "Cuidado con los ingredientes: demasiada lógica puede estropear la receta" Ya se que al final es una mezcla de todos, pero tu respuesta es la que me ayudó a pensar "outside the box"
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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

see ref.

Gabriel Arevalo (X)

2 +3

quien demasiado analiza todo lo paraliza /// a fuerza de analizar se puede todo paralizar

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

3 +1

Tanta lógica pudre la cesta de manzanas

Christine Bollmann

3 +1

Demasiadas mentes analíticas echaron a perder el pastel.

Christine Walsh

No por mucho razonar se previene el temporal

Mónica Algazi

Los hombres de cerebro izquierdo si sobran son los frijoles podridos que estropean la olla

Bubo Coroman (X)

una abundancia de hombres que usan el hemisfero cerebral izquierdo han estropeado la sopa/la

liz askew

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liz askew

Too many...

Christine Walsh

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

39 mins confidence:

too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot una abundancia de hombres que usan el hemisfero cerebral izquierdo han estropeado la sopa/la

Explanation:
economía

Cuaderno de Bitácora
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También me han llegado comentarios por escrito y de palabra, en los que dicen ... anterior al siglo XVII: "la abundancia de cocineros estropea la sopa". ...
www.utm.csic.es/v06/clasica/Hesperides/actual/2000/bitacora... - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 39 mins (2008-11-09 23:18:45 GMT)
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A start :-)

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Note added at 40 mins (2008-11-09 23:19:25 GMT)
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sorry

una abundancia de hombres trabajando en las organizaciones financieras y que usan el ......

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot Tanta lógica pudre la cesta de manzanas

Explanation:
I am not quite sure, but I know the saying in spanish that one bad apple rots the basket is used, e. g. when there is a person in the team who is very competitive whilst the others rather like to work as team players.....

Christine Bollmann
Spain
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of:

German

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot quien demasiado analiza todo lo paraliza /// a fuerza de analizar se puede todo paralizar

Explanation:
De momento es todo lo que se me ocurre que suene un poco a proverbio. A lo mejor te saca de apuro para el título. Seguiré dándole vueltas..

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 01:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 357

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot

Demasiadas mentes analíticas echaron a perder el pastel.

Dice el refrán: Demasiados cocineros echan a perder el caldo. En este caso, ha ocurrido que demasiada lógica ha...
(As you know by now there are several versions of the saying, which I suspect has been taken from the English.)

Christine Walsh
Local time: 20:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

3 hrs confidence:

too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot No por mucho razonar se previene el temporal

Explanation:
O "Muchos razonando, pocos creando"

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 20:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 137

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot see ref.

Explanation:
for "left-brained person" = "persona con predominancia siniestrohemisférica"

For "too many cooks spoil the pot"
"muchos gatos en un plato hacen muchos garabatos"
or
"muchos componedores descomponen a la novia"

Gabriel Arevalo (X)
Canada
Local time: 19:19
Native speaker of: Spanish

11 hrs confidence:

too many left-brain organization men spoil the pot Los hombres de cerebro izquierdo si sobran son los frijoles podridos que estropean la olla

Explanation:
La oración completo sería:
"Los hombres de cerebro izquierdo si sobran dentro de una organización son los frijoles podridos que estropean la olla"... o lo podrías acortar para el título y dar la oración completa dentro del artículo

la expresión "cerebro izquierdo" aplicado a una persona es ya una aceptación:
http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q="cerebro izquierdo"&meta...

en cuanto al refrán acerca de los frijoles y la olla, se comenta por aquí:
"¡Ten cuidado, mija! Pay attention! One bad bean can spoil the pot."
http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=408801&a...

Bubo Coroman (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 97

Reference comments

21 mins

Reference

Reference information:
Too Many Contractors Spoil the Pot (of Gold).

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Note added at 22 mins (2008-11-09 23:01:28 GMT)
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or

Amazon.com: !Edwin C. Pauzer's review of The Language Police: How ...
4.0 out of 5 stars Too Many Chefs Spoil the Pot, February 28, 2007 ... just as too many critics spoil the textbooks as Diane Ravitich explains in this aptly ...
www.amazon.com/review/R3UOFUFJQPXJU9 - 168k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 24 mins (2008-11-09 23:03:12 GMT)
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Equivalente en inglés: Too many cooks spoil the broth (‘Demasiados cocineros arruinan la sopa’).

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Note added at 27 mins (2008-11-09 23:06:25 GMT)
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"el que mucho abarca, poco aprieta"
Podrías decir:
Too many cooks spoil the soup!
O sea, que muchos cocineros arruinan la sopa (la comida) si todos lo hacen juntos.

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Note added at 28 mins (2008-11-09 23:07:27 GMT)
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Proverbios y Refranes en inglés. Español a English
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Obra de común, obra de ningún. Too many cooks spoil the broth. ... todos; para enemigos, uno solo. One enemy is too many; and a hundred friends too few. ...
www.viajoven.com/proverbios/proverbios5.asp - 38k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 29 mins (2008-11-09 23:07:59 GMT)
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I know you want the Spanish, but I thought knowing the equivalent saying in Spanish would help you translate this yourself into Spanish.

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Note added at 31 mins (2008-11-09 23:10:13 GMT)
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es decir

hay demasiados hombres que usan el hemisfero izquierdo en las organizaciones/empresas y son ellos que han estropeado/arruinado la sopa

Not your best Spanish translation but this is the idea

La Tercera - Las diferencias intelectuales entre hombres y mujeres
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Lo que sí parece claro es que las mujeres utilizan más su hemisferio izquierdo, en tanto que los hombres usan más su hemisferio derecho. ...
www.icarito.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5726_108945385,00.ht... - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

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also

shouldn't "alert" = "warning"....

we wouldn't use "alert" like this in UK English...FWIW

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Note to reference poster

Asker: Thanks Liz, but I want to know how to say this in Spanish!

1 hr

Reference: Too many...

Reference information:
You might find something useful here.

Reference: http://www.enlace.cu/refran/oficio.htm

Christine Walsh
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

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