Question: The closest I was able to find is ***in Kürze***.

Is there a translation that means something similar as it does in English?

Answer: 
My first thought was Stephen Hawking's book *The Universe In A Nutshell* and how the title there was translated to German. In German, the book is called: [*Das Universum in der Nussschale*](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Universum_in_der_Nussschale), however, the title has two meanings:

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> Der englische Titel The Universe in a Nutshell ist eine Redewendung,
>  die auf Shakespeares Hamlet zurückgeht. Dort heißt es: „(Hamlet) O
>  God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of
>  infinite space – were it not that I have bad dreams.“ [II.ii.254] Die
>  englische Redewendung "in a nutshell" bedeutet „in aller Kürze“. [Wikipedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Universum_in_der_Nussschale)
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In the German title *Das Universum in der Nussschale*, the meaning of *in short/very briefly* is lost, but the reference to Shakespeares Hamlet is kept.
It depends on how you use it.
But I want to add an other option to the already given answers.

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> kompakt
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It is often used for book titels.

**For example:**

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> Java in a nutshell
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**could be translated to:**

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> Java kompakt
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Because it is shorter than the other words, I would assume that this book is more straight forward and to the point. Also is sounds a little more professional to me.