Marina,
В этом случае, слово "shorter" (короче) не используется в английском языке.
синонимы
briefly speaking,
more succinctly speaking,
to be brief,
briefly,
in short,
in a word,
concisely,
succinctly,
in sum,
to sum up,
in brief,
in a few words,
all things considered,
when all's said and done,
in summary,
in a nutshell,
to make a long story short