抄しょう訳やく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

abridged translation; abridgment

Refers to a shortened or condensed translation, often used for literary or academic works. Can also be used as a suru-verb meaning 'to translate in abridged form'.

• この本ほんは抄しょう訳やくなので、原げん文ぶんの半はん分ぶんくらいの長ながさです。

  This book is an abridged translation, so it's about half the length of the original.

• 時じ間かんがなかったので、論ろん文ぶんを抄しょう訳やくして提てい出しゅつした。

  Since I didn't have time, I submitted an abridged translation of the paper.