Complex sentence: However, in languages other than Latin, people tend to interpret "for many" in a limiting sense, it was generally translated as "for all" to avoid this misunderstanding, especially in languages that have the definite article.
Split into simpler sentences: However, in languages other than Latin, people tend to interpret "for many" in a limiting sense. It was therefore generally translated as "for all" to avoid this misunderstanding, especially in languages that have the definite article.