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Bonjour,
Je voudrais de l'aide avec ces phrases:

Jake: Not to harp on this but how did this happen ? Why ?
Amir: A bridge version ?Jake: sure


Et aussi, comment dire:So the bridge version is a lie!
" Alors le (bridge version ) est un mensonge" ?

Merci bcp
I think you may mean abridged version (version de abrégée?)
which means
(1)the short version,
(2)the summary version,
(3)the edited version
(4)the basic facts

Jake: Not to harp on this but how did this happen ? Why ?
Amir: abridged version?
Jake: sure

Now if Amir now tells the abridged version and jake wants to say it is a lie. He can just say in English "that is a lie"

I will leave the real translation to those better qualified
but could they be
"c'est un mensonge"
"le version de abrégée est un mensonge"
This is a translation assignment for college. Do you think i can change/alter what the characters say?
In English , he says "abridged version" Should i stick to it's french equivalent?

Thank you.
If you want to stick to the original, Amir can ask:

- La version abrégée ?

This is a correct literal translation. It's just that "la version courte" is more likely to be heard in real-life situations.
If you have time ask the person who set the assignment whether they expect literal or real world translation. If not enough time to ask. I would use the real-life version and put the literal in brackets with a asterisk and the bottom of the page refer to what you have done.
eg * la version courte is the common usage in French whilst La version abrégée is the literal translation, but is not often used in the spoken language.
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