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39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: սովորաբար (sovorabar) — in general; most often
• Armenian: որպես օրենք (orpes ōrenkʻ) — in general; most often
• Bashkir: ғәҙәттә (ğəźəttə) — in general; most often
• Chinese Mandarin: 一般說來 /一般说来 (yībān shuō lái) — in general; most often
• Chinese Mandarin: 一般來說 /一般来说 (yībān lái shuō) — in general; most often
• Chinese Mandarin: 通常 (tōngcháng) — in general; most often
• Danish: som regel — in general; most often
• Finnish: yleensä — in general; most often
• Finnish: tavallisesti — in general; most often
• Finnish: säännönmukaisesti — in general; most often
• French: généralement — in general; most often
• French: normalement — in general; most often
• French: en règle générale — in general; most often
• Georgian: როგორც წესი (rogorc c̣esi) — in general; most often
• German: in der Regel — in general; most often
• German: normalerweise — in general; most often
• German: gewöhnlich — in general; most often
• Greek: κατά κανόνα (katá kanóna) — in general; most often
• Irish: de ghnáth — in general; most often
• Italian: di regola — in general; most often
• Italian: solitamente — in general; most often
• Italian: generalmente — in general; most often
• Japanese: 概して (gai-shite) — in general; most often
• Japanese: 原則として (gensoku-to shite) — in general; most often
• Norwegian Bokmål: som regel — in general; most often
• Norwegian Nynorsk: som regel — in general; most often
• Polish: z reguły — in general; most often
• Polish: z zasady — in general; most often
• Portuguese: em regra — in general; most often
• Portuguese: por via de regra — in general; most often
• Portuguese: via de regra — in general; most often
• Russian: как пра́вило (kak právilo) — in general; most often
• Russian: обы́чно (obýčno) — in general; most often
• Spanish: normalmente — in general; most often
• Spanish: por regla general — in general; most often
• Swedish: som regel — in general; most often
• Swedish: i regel — in general; most often
• Ukrainian: як пра́вило (jak právylo) — in general; most often
• Ukrainian: звича́йно (zvyčájno) — in general; most often