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English translation: INCI


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11:52 Nov 18, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Cosmetics, Beauty
French term or phrase: INKI
I'm looking for a translation of the abbreviation "INKI" that I've come across in a French cosmetics text. This is the full phrase:

"La cliente prend le produit et lit la formule INKI"

No explanation of the abbreviation in French is given.

Thanks for your help!
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English translation:INCI
Explanation:
Just guessing here: might the writer possibly mean INCI [International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients], which is pronounced INKI?
"Le sigle INCI (prononcer inki) désigne l'International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (la. Nomenclature Internationale des Ingrédients Cosmétiques)."

pharmacies.ma/pharmacie/upload/Sections/.../nomenclature_inci.pdf
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Victoria Barkoff
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INCI


Explanation:
Just guessing here: might the writer possibly mean INCI [International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients], which is pronounced INKI?
"Le sigle INCI (prononcer inki) désigne l'International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (la. Nomenclature Internationale des Ingrédients Cosmétiques)."

pharmacies.ma/pharmacie/upload/Sections/.../nomenclature_inci.pdf

Victoria Barkoff
Local time: 21:10
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Louis S.: http://tinyurl.com/yzokxve
41 mins

agree  Transitwrite: very plausible
2 hrs

agree  Karen Tkaczyk: Absolutely. Reads the INCI names on the label.
3 hrs

agree  Ingeborg Gowans: good point! i had troubkle finding anything under "INKI"; now I know why :)
4 hrs

agree  Verginia Ophof
4 hrs
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