Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Dirty
Fly Ugly
Fly Smelly
Fly Naked
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Ferrari
Apple
Coca Cola
Subway
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
rush to die
waste of money
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 _________"
wet your pants
spit on you
sneeze on you
make you pregnant
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
works
cleans
sucks
blows
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will kill you
Pepsi will destroy your family
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.
drug dealer
robber
idiot
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 Burp
Only Puke
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
TikTok
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Foot
Nose
Back
Head
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Grandma
Sweat
Dirty
Feet
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Boy
Pee
Poo
Bad
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
corpse
crash
armpit
stink
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to poison
to pick your nose
to vomit
to torture
