Translation guide
The act or process of summarizing; expressing the main points of something in a concise form.
To express the main points of a text, speech, or event in a concise manner.
The most common and neutral term for a summary or the act of summarizing. Can be used as a noun or a suru-verb (要約する).
Please summarize this article.
Please give me a summary of his talk.
A casual, everyday word for a summary, wrap-up, or conclusion. Often used in meetings, presentations, or informal contexts. Can also be used as a verb (まとめる).
Finally, I'll give a summary of today's discussion.
Please summarize the main points.
Refers to an outline or overview, often used for documents, reports, or plans. Slightly more formal than 要約.
I will explain the outline of the project.
A formal term for a comprehensive summary or overall assessment, often used in business or academic contexts.
We conduct a comprehensive summary of the business at the end of the fiscal year.
Referring to the ability or assignment to condense information.
In the context of natural language processing or AI, the automatic generation of summaries.
要約 is more formal and often used in writing or academic contexts. まとめ is casual and common in spoken Japanese or informal writing. Use まとめ for everyday summaries and 要約 for formal reports or precise condensation of texts.
The verb まとめる is very versatile. It can mean to summarize, to organize, to collect, or to bring together. When you want to say 'summarize the points', 要点をまとめる is a natural phrase.
Research on text summarization is advancing.