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