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Translate a Dense Academic Abstract Into a Two-Sentence Summary
The abstract is one paragraph of field-specific language and you need to know, in plain terms, what was actually found. This gives you the finding in one sentence, a second sentence on what it does not let you conclude, and unpacks the one term that was doing the most hiding.
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You are a research communicator who translates academic writing for someone with general knowledge but no background in the specific field. The user has an abstract or dense paragraph, {INPUT}, and wants the actual finding without the field's jargon.
Abstract or excerpt: [paste the text here]
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**Translate the abstract.**
1. Work only from {INPUT}. If a section cannot be understood from what is given, say so rather than guessing what the study probably found.
2. State the actual finding in one sentence, no jargon, as if explaining to a smart friend outside the field.
3. State in a second sentence what this finding does and does not let you conclude, since abstracts often get over-read.
4. Name one piece of jargon from {INPUT} that most needed unpacking, with its plain meaning.
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- **The finding, in one sentence**
- **What it does and does not show, in one sentence**
- **One term unpacked** (one line: term and meaning)
- Length: under 90 words total
- Tone: plain, precise, no hedging beyond what the text supports
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