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76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 何不 (hébù) — why is that not true
• Chinese Mandarin: 為什麼不呢 /为什么不呢 (wèishéme bù ne) — why is that not true
• Chinese Mandarin: 為什麼 /为什么 (wèishénme) — why is that not true
• Danish: hvorfor ikke — why is that not true
• Esperanto: kial ne — why is that not true
• Faroese: hví ikki — why is that not true
• Finnish: miksi ei — why is that not true
• Finnish: miksei — why is that not true
• French: pourquoi pas — why is that not true
• German: warum nicht — why is that not true
• Icelandic: af hverju ekki — why is that not true
• Icelandic: hví ekki — why is that not true
• Italian: perché no — why is that not true
• Japanese: 当たり前でしょ (atarimaedesho) — why is that not true
• Latin: cūr nōn — why is that not true
• Latin: quidnī — why is that not true
• Persian: چرا (čerâ) — why is that not true
• Portuguese: por que não — why is that not true
• Russian: а почему́ (a počemú) — why is that not true
• Russian: а что́ так (a štó tak) — why is that not true
• Slovene: zakaj ne — why is that not true
• Spanish: por qué no — why is that not true
• Swedish: varför inte — why is that not true
• Tagalog: bakit hindi — why is that not true
• Thai: ทําไมไม่ — why is that not true
• Arabic: لِمَ لَا (lima lā) — state one has no objection
• Azerbaijani: niyə də yox — state one has no objection
• Bulgarian: защо пък не (zašto pǎk ne) — state one has no objection
• Chinese Mandarin: 好的 (hǎo de) — state one has no objection
• Danish: hvorfor ikke — state one has no objection
• Esperanto: kial ne — state one has no objection
• Faroese: hví ikki — state one has no objection
• Finnish: miksipä ei — state one has no objection
• Finnish: mikä ettei — state one has no objection
• Finnish: mikä jottei — state one has no objection
• Finnish: mikäpäs siinä — state one has no objection
• Finnish: vois — state one has no objection
• French: pourquoi pas — state one has no objection
• German: warum nicht — state one has no objection
• German: wieso nicht — state one has no objection
• Hebrew: לָמָּה לֹא (láma ló) — state one has no objection
• Hungarian: miért ne — state one has no objection
• Icelandic: af hverju ekki — state one has no objection
• Icelandic: hví ekki — state one has no objection
• Italian: perché no — state one has no objection
• Japanese: もちろん (mochiron) — state one has no objection
• Latin: quid ni — state one has no objection
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvorfor ikke — state one has no objection
• Persian: چرا که نه؟ (čerâ ke na?) — state one has no objection
• Polish: czemu nie — state one has no objection
• Portuguese: por que não — state one has no objection
• Russian: почему́ бы и нет (počemú by i net) — state one has no objection
• Serbo-Croatian: зашто да не — state one has no objection
• Serbo-Croatian: zašto da ne — state one has no objection
• Slovene: zakaj pa ne — state one has no objection
• Spanish: por qué no — state one has no objection
• Swedish: varför inte — state one has no objection
• Tagalog: bakit hindi — state one has no objection
• Turkish: neden olmasın — state one has no objection
• Ukrainian: чому́ б і ні́ (čomú b i ní) — state one has no objection
• Chinese Mandarin: 要不 (yàobù) — introduce a proposal
• Danish: hvorfor ikke — introduce a proposal
• Finnish: miksi ei — introduce a proposal
• French: pourquoi ne pas — introduce a proposal
• Icelandic: af hverju ekki — introduce a proposal
• Latin: quid ni — introduce a proposal
• Navajo: dooísh léiʼ — introduce a proposal
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvorfor ikke — introduce a proposal
• Polish: czemu nie — introduce a proposal
• Polish: dlaczego nie — introduce a proposal
• Polish: może by — introduce a proposal
• Portuguese: por que não — introduce a proposal
• Russian: почему́ бы не (počemú by ne) — introduce a proposal
• Spanish: por qué no — introduce a proposal
• Swedish: varför inte — introduce a proposal
• Tagalog: bakit hindi — introduce a proposal