TAKOBOTO

to begin with ... and also ...
she speaks english to begin with, but also french and german

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ていちんぎん、れつあくなろうどうじょうけん、いっぽうてきなくびきりなどのけいざい・ろうどうもんだいはもとより、かくしゅのじんどうてきもんだいまでもひきおこしている。

We know they suffer from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, but they are also troubled by various forms of discrimination.

かのじょはえいごはもとより、ふらんすごもちゅうごくごもできる。

To begin with she can speak english beyond that she also even speaks french and chinese.

ていちんぎん、れつあくなろうどうじょうけん、いっぽうてきなくびきりなどのけいざい・ろうどうもんだいはもとより、かくしゅのじんどうてきもんだいまでもひきおこしている。

In fact, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.

マラソンはもとより、１００めーとるもはしれないよ！

Let alone a marathon, I can't even run 100m!

まんがのしゅるいがふえている。こどものためのものはもとよりおとながよむためのれきしやけいざいのまんがもよくみかける

There are a lot of different types of mangas (nowadays). Already there were children's manga available, but I can oftenly spot history and economics related adult manga coming up too !

かれはりょうりはもとよりしょっきもあらう。

He washes the dishes as well as cooking.

〜はもとより ： 〜はもちろん、〜は当然

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はもとより has the meaning of "granted" so that 彼女は 英語 はもとより、フランス語も中国語も出来る would have the connotation of "She can handle both French and Chinese, let alone English."

bamboo4

Tweaked translations in line with bamboo4's comment.

Amatuka

My grammar copies list はもとより together with はもちろん and just mention that はもとより is のほうが改まった言い方

halx

thanks Halx. I added that as a -see also- link above. did you know you can put square brackets around the english for a grammar and get links in comments - like [[hamochiron]]

dc

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anon

My grammar notes also list 〜はもとより together with 〜はおろか。Although there are differences between them.〜はおろか is more strong/have a very strong emphasis than 〜はもとより and 〜はもちろん

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