as in to summarize
to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
would you mind translating this German article for me?
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Read from Valérie Perrin’s Tata, translated by Hildegarde Serle.
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Inside Helsinki’s Sauna Island From Helsinki’s Market Square, a quick water taxi takes you to Saunasaari, which literally translates to Sauna Island in Finnish.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Local resident Daniel Arenas translated a Spanish-language post into English and shared it Thursday on his LinkedIn page hoping people across Houston would step up and donate.
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Russ Bynum,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Paint and sip sessions are also widely available through local studios and translate easily from a friend outing into a date.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Inside Helsinki’s Sauna Island From Helsinki’s Market Square, a quick water taxi takes you to Saunasaari, which literally translates to Sauna Island in Finnish.
—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Local resident Daniel Arenas translated a Spanish-language post into English and shared it Thursday on his LinkedIn page hoping people across Houston would step up and donate.
—
Russ Bynum,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Paint and sip sessions are also widely available through local studios and translate easily from a friend outing into a date.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
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summarize
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Could the model summarize a contract, answer a customer, support an analyst or a clinician?
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Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.
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“Translate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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