Better late than never. Appetite comes with eating - this is seen in Germany just as it is in France. But while too many cooks spoil the broth here, in the neighboring country, too many cooks spoil the sauce for the gourmets. And while in this country the devil is not far away when you speak of him, across the Rhine, in the same case, one already sees the tail of a wolf. Some proverbs can be translated literally, others convey the same message through different imagery, and sometimes there are no equivalents at all. For translation, this means a balancing act: Where should the wording be preserved, and where does the German version seem to demand itself? Each person may decide differently on this matter. The present collection tends towards a faithful German version and thus offers a broad perspective.