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A perturbation method recently suggested by the authors and based on multiple time scales is generalized to compute normal forms of high-dimensional oscillating systems. The authors consider nonlinear autonomous systems given by the ordinary differential equation \[ \dot x=Bx+g(x),\quad x\in\mathbb R^n,\quad g:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R^n, \] where \(B\) is a constant matrix, \(g\) is analytic, \(g(0)=0\), and \(\partial g(0)/\partial x=0\). It is assumed that \(2n_0>0\) eigenvalues of the matrix \(B\) are purely imaginary (\(\pm i\omega _j\), \(j=1,\dots , n_0\)) while the others have negative real parts. The paper presents an algorithm (and its computer realization as MAPLE programs) for the symbolic computation of the normal form and the associated nonlinear transformation in the so-called general resonant case (that is, \(\omega _j\) are distinct and rationally linked with each other). For a resonant case, the applicability of the algorithm is demonstrated by example.