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 Naked
Fly Smelly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Subway
Coca Cola
Ferrari
Apple
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
cheap and slow
waste of money
pig machine
rush to die
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
bite your fingernails
your fingers smell delicious
eat your fingers off
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
sneeze on you
spit 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
sucks
cleans
blows
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will kill you
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
robber
drug dealer
killer
idiot
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Hell
Fart
Poop
Yuck
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Pee
Only Burp
Only Puke
Only Skin
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Facebook
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Back
Foot
Head
Nose
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Dirty
Feet
Grandma
Sweat
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Bad
Boy
Pee
Poo
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 torture
to vomit
to poison
to pick your nose
