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Medical - Cosmetics, Beauty / Creams | | English term or phrase: Arctiin and Apiaceae-Peptides | | This is a description of a face cream and Arctiin will be "arktiin" in Estonian as well, however, Apiaceae has me banging my head into wall :( The full sentence reads - "Speed’s up the skin’s own renewal process and improves the skin’s density and elasticity with the highly effective combination of Arctiin and Apiaceae-Peptides." Can it really be "sarikaliste peptiidid"?... |
|   Giia WeigelKudoZ activityQuestions: 7 (none open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 30
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| | arktiin ja sarikaliste õistaimede peptiidid | Explanation:
As it is a marketing text for cosmetics, I believe the primary aim is to make the product description sound "appetising" - the consumer is not expected to get the finesses anyway ;). I added "õistaimede" in the hope that it "softens" the scientific term "sarikalised"; that's where the apiaceae actually belong. Personally, when translating cosmetics, I keep in mind that it's the industry that sells hope, first and foremost... |
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Kersti Skovgaard
Estonia
Local time: 21:11
| Grading comment Thank you for a Great insight ... selling hope indeed. :)
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