short in understanding

A narrative might be long or short, highly structured or free-form, but it always provides a level of understanding that has been missing in traditional development practices.

书中的叙述或长或短、或者高度组织或者处于自由形态，但是总会提供传统开发实践中遗漏的一定层次的理解。

I'm perfectly capable of understanding the past in and for itself without any contribution of my own, without, in short, any preconceptions.

我十分能够理解过去，而没有自己的贡献，简单点说就是没有任何的先入之见。

However, those of you looking to make short work in understanding data in the context of your SOA, they are the best approach as far as I'm concerned.

然而，在SOA的上下文中去学习无疑是你正在寻找的一种理解数据的捷径，它是我认为的最好的一种途径。