"give the gist" is a valid phrase that is used in written English.
It typically means to provide a brief overview of the main points of a longer discussion. For example, "Can you give the gist of the meeting so I don't have to read through all the notes?".
But claims that such technological marvels will spell the end of old-fashioned translation businesses are premature.Software can give the gist of a foreign tongue, but for business use (if executives are sensible), rough is not enough.
I shall give the gist of them in the words of Peter Bamm, a German Army physician who had served at the Russian front, and whose book "Die Unsichtbare Flagge," published in Munich in 1952, is among the very few subjectively sincere memoirs of its kind.
In 2009 the European court of human rights and the House of Lords ruled that an individual must be given the gist of the information used against them, thus allowing an appropriate defence.
By Janet Flanner The New Yorker, January 26 , 1952P. 84 LETTER FROM PARIS gives the gist of what the Paris papers have to say about the Eisenhower-for-President movement.
THE 20th anniversary of Macedonian independence (this and most other links in Greek, but google translate gives the gist) also marks the anniversary of what has to be one of the silliest rows in international politics.
With this information Bannerman concluded his report to Sharp, and Sharp then sent to Washington a rather pointed memorandum addressed to Mr. Bliss, which gave the gist of Bannerman's report and said, among other things, "I call your special attention to the fact that the officials of the State Department made no preliminary inquiries as to the rights of this criminal to represent Princess Fatima.
Enticing back cover copy gives the gist of the book in just a few sentences.
The following video was put together by Something Awful (who rated the game -27), it doesn't give the full gist of the game but like any Something Awful video it has its moments.
Given that, "I'll just give you the gist of it," is the sort of thing that's barely acceptable to say to your boss if you haven't read an email properly, the idea that the government thinks this is an ok way to refer to court mandated legal documents is a tiny bit terrifying.
Go watch it now, but to give you the gist, it features a very convincing tranny lookalike of Gaga giving birth to a giant prawn.
"She would give me the gist of the Arabic.
