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Do similar figure of speech exist in German or should one translate it literally? "Ein Fazit ziehen" seems to make sense, but seems to be better used as a heading with colon. "Fazit:"

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There's this short phrase

Um es kurz zu sagen: ...

or

Um es kurz zu machen: ...

Also,

Langer Rede kurzer Sinn: ...

If you can sum it up in one word, you could also use

Mit einem Wort: ...

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And then there's always kurz und gut or kurzum. – RegDwight♦ Jul 14 '11 at 23:13
And all of those are usually used right after going on for far too long on a topic. And more often than not, the explanation that follows is far too long as well ;-) – Joachim Sauer Jul 15 '11 at 7:51

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