I flipped through quite a few documents but I didn't go into much depth in any of them.
ーI skimmed over a lot of documents.
「たくさんのドキュメントをざっと読んだ」
to skim over で「ざっと読む・拾い読みする」
ーI flipped through quite a few documents but I didn't go into much depth in any of them.
「かなりたくさんのドキュメントをさっと読んだが、どれも深くは読まなかった」
to flip through で「さっと読む」
ご参考まで!
I try to skim through a wide range of documents to get the big picture.
**I try to skim through a wide range of documents to get the big picture.**
**I read broadly and lightly to grasp the overall idea.**
「広く浅くたくさんのドキュメントを読む」という日本語のニュアンスは、英語では **skim through**, **read broadly**, **get the big picture**, **grasp the overall idea** などの表現で自然に伝えることができます。