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."
Ferrari
Coca Cola
Apple
Subway
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
waste of money
cheap and slow
pig machine
rush to die
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
your fingers smell delicious
kiss your tasty fingers
eat your fingers off
bite your fingernails
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
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.
blows
works
cleans
sucks
"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.
robber
killer
idiot
drug dealer
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 Skin
Only Burp
Only Pee
Only Puke
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Facebook
Twitter
TikTok
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Head
Back
Foot
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Sweat
Grandma
Dirty
Feet
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Pee
Bad
Poo
Boy
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
stink
crash
armpit
corpse
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to poison
to torture
to vomit
to pick your nose
