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I have been many times blocked in a conversation because I have no way to
translate "all in all" in those general contexts:

  * All in all it takes 15 minutes to get there
  * All in all this movie was quite fun

How to translate this while staying natural and perhaps by using different
idioms?
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word-choice translation idioms
How to say "all in all"
All in all it takes 15 minutes to get there  
**全部で** 15分かかる。  
([more examples of this
structure](https://www.google.co.jp/webhp?sourceid=chrome-
instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%E2%80%9D%E5%85%A8%E9%83%A8%E3%81%A7%2a%E6%99%82%E9%96%93%E3%81%8B%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8B%E2%80%9D&safe=off&start=90))

All in all this movie was quite fun  
この映画は **全体的に** おもしろかった。  
([more examples](https://www.google.co.jp/webhp?sourceid=chrome-
instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%E2%80%9D%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E3%81%AF%E5%85%A8%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AB%E2%80%9D&safe=off),
[more examples](https://www.google.co.jp/webhp?sourceid=chrome-
instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%E2%80%9D%E5%85%A8%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AF%E9%9D%A2%E7%99%BD%E3%81%8B%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%81%91%E3%81%A9%E3%81%A1%E3%82%87%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8%E2%80%9D&safe=off),
[more](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E5%85%A8%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AB))

[This dictionary](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=all%20in%20all) might help as
well. It includes some useful phrases like 全体として見れば.
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I think that's using all-in-all in two different senses. The first example is
in the sense of "in total" whereas the second case is in the sense of "in a
word". For the latter, I'd suggest you can use something like `[概]{がい}して` or
`一言で`, e.g.: `概して言えば面白い映画だった。`
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Another option I haven't seen yet is つまり, which is to the effect of "In
short...", and is used as a lead-in for a brief summary.

Here are some examples taken from the Tanaka Corpus:

> 祖母【そぼ】は耳【みみ】が遠【とお】い、つまり、耳【みみ】が少【すこ】し不自由【ふじゆう】なのだ。  
> My grandmother is hard of hearing. In other words she is slightly deaf.
>
> 彼【かれ】はとても太【ふと】っている、つまり、３００ポンドも体重【たいじゅう】があるのだ。  
> He is very fat, that is, he weighs 300 pounds.
>
> つまり、英語【えいご】はもはや、イギリスの人々【ひとびと】だけの言語【げんご】ではないということです。  
> It shows that English is no longer the language only of the people of
> England.

The last example, in particular, I think captures that nuance that you're
looking for.
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