[Grammar] neither in French nor in English

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Will17

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Hello!

Is the use of the second "in" correct here, please?

-I can't find the word I want to say, neither in French nor in English!

Thank you
Will
 

sunsunmoon

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Yes.

Other examples:

How to obtain a police certificate
If the original certificate is neither in English nor in French, submit both the certificate and the original copy of a translation prepared by an accredited translator with your application.

http://www.lebanonconsulatela.org/CS/Citizenship.html
The wife’s birth certificate (translated to Arabic in case it is neither in English nor in French).

http://las.sagepub.com/content/11/2/65.short
To examine the possibility that the different linguistic background of speakers of English and German might influence the amount of attention they devote to spectral form and duration, English and German subjects were presented with a test in which they had to discriminate a pair of back, unrounded vowels, [ ] and [ :], that occur neither in English nor in German.
 
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freezeframe

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Hello!

Is the use of the second "in" correct here, please?

-I can't find the word I want to say, neither in French nor in English!

Thank you
Will

Yes, in is correct.

However, you should use "either ... or", because you already have a negative in the first part.
 
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