Translation

顕著な / 重要な / 目立つ

Meaning

Salient means most noticeable, important, or relevant in a situation. It is common in academic and business writing, especially salient point, salient feature, and salient fact. The trap is using salient as a noun for point.

Examples

• 発表の最も重要な点は、費用ではなく安全性でした。
  The most salient point in the presentation was safety, not cost.
• 報告書は調査結果の顕著な特徴をまとめています。
  The report summarizes the salient features of the findings.