Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
概要の紹介にとどめますが
English translation:
Due to limited time left, we will only give you an overview of XXX, but...
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Harpreet Singh kapula
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Japanese term
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Translator IT/Technology JAPANESE To ENG
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English
概要の紹介にとどめますが
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers (general)
SQL aggregate function
Full text: SQLの集計機能については概要の紹介にとどめますが、SQLによるデータ集計機能はRDBMSの大きな魅力の1つです
My understanding: Our introductory overview of information about SQL aggregate functions is limited but the SQL data aggregation function is one of the major attractions of RDBMS.
My Issue: 概要の紹介にとどめますが. I believe that I have not translated this text correctly. Please help.
My understanding: Our introductory overview of information about SQL aggregate functions is limited but the SQL data aggregation function is one of the major attractions of RDBMS.
My Issue: 概要の紹介にとどめますが. I believe that I have not translated this text correctly. Please help.
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Haruto Takashima
Japan
Japan
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Japan
Iris Localize - Linguist Lead
Native in: Japanese (Variant: Standard-Japan)
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
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Due to limited time left, we will only give you an overview of XXX, but...
I would like to answer this question with a contextual approach.
The "概要の紹介にとどめますが" part of the question in Japanese is an idiomatic expression used to express the presenter's apology for giving a very brief explanation due to limited time (or other reasons).
In order to convey the meaning of this Japanese expression in English, it would be necessary to clearly state "because time is limited".
Therefore, it would be better to say like:
"Due to limited time left, we will only give you an overview of the SQL aggregation function, but the data aggregation function using SQL is one of the major attractions of RDBMS."
The "概要の紹介にとどめますが" part of the question in Japanese is an idiomatic expression used to express the presenter's apology for giving a very brief explanation due to limited time (or other reasons).
In order to convey the meaning of this Japanese expression in English, it would be necessary to clearly state "because time is limited".
Therefore, it would be better to say like:
"Due to limited time left, we will only give you an overview of the SQL aggregation function, but the data aggregation function using SQL is one of the major attractions of RDBMS."
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for explaining me the expression."
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Mark Pleas
Japan
Japan
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Japan
Japanese->English pro, 20 yrs experience
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Japanese to English, Chinese to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
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Although I am limiting myself to giving just an overview of
I imagine that the entire sentence could be translated something like this:
"Although I am limiting* myself to giving just an overview of SQL aggregate functions, the SQL data aggregation function** is one of the main attractions of RDBMS."
*or "will limit" if it comes at the beginning of the text
**or "the function for aggregating data via SQL"
"Although I am limiting* myself to giving just an overview of SQL aggregate functions, the SQL data aggregation function** is one of the main attractions of RDBMS."
*or "will limit" if it comes at the beginning of the text
**or "the function for aggregating data via SQL"
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Although I am just giving a brief overview of
What the author means is "Although I am just giving a brief overview of ...". 「にとどめます」implies "only" rather than going beyond what is written before the term.
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AnitaByrnes
Australia
Australia
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...restricted to an overview
The introduction of SQL aggregate functions will be restricted to an overview....
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