Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Dirty
Fly Smelly
Fly Ugly
Fly Naked
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Apple
Subway
Ferrari
Coca Cola
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
waste of money
rush to die
pig machine
cheap and slow
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
eat your fingers off
your fingers smell delicious
bite your fingernails
kiss your tasty fingers
Parker Pen, when expanding into Mexico, mistranslated "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you" into "It won't leak in your pocket and _________"
sneeze on you
spit on you
wet your pants
make you pregnant
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
works
blows
sucks
cleans
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi will kill you
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
idiot
robber
drug dealer
killer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Hell
Poop
Yuck
Fart
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Skin
Only Pee
Only Puke
Only Burp
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
TikTok
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Back
Foot
Head
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Sweat
Dirty
Feet
Grandma
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Bad
Poo
Pee
Boy
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
corpse
armpit
stink
crash
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to pick your nose
to torture
to poison
to vomit
