An apparatus and a method for generating a summary document are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a document receiving device to receive an original document, a computer readable memory to store one or more topics that are predefined by a user and a translation dictionary, a document analysis device in communication with the document receiving device to analyze the original document based on the user to identify the one or more topics that are predefined by the user, and a summary document generator to generate the summary document that includes the one or more topics, a location of the one or more topics in the original document and a translation of the one or more topics obtained from the translation dictionary.