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 Dirty
Fly Smelly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Ferrari
Subway
Coca Cola
Apple
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
pig machine
waste of money
cheap and slow
rush to die
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
your fingers smell delicious
bite your fingernails
kiss your tasty fingers
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 _________"
spit on you
sneeze 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.
sucks
blows
works
cleans
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi will destroy your family
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.
killer
robber
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 Puke
Only Pee
Only Skin
Only Burp
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Facebook
Twitter
TikTok
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Back
Nose
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?
Poo
Boy
Bad
Pee
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
armpit
stink
corpse
crash
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to torture
to poison
to pick your nose
to vomit
