Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Smelly
Fly Dirty
Fly Naked
Fly Ugly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Ferrari
Subway
Apple
Coca Cola
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 "______."
eat your fingers off
bite your fingernails
your fingers smell delicious
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 _________"
spit on you
sneeze on you
make you pregnant
wet your pants
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
works
blows
sucks
cleans
"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.
killer
robber
drug dealer
idiot
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Poop
Fart
Yuck
Hell
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Puke
Only Skin
Only Burp
Only Pee
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Back
Head
Foot
Nose
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Feet
Grandma
Dirty
Sweat
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 ______"
corpse
stink
armpit
crash
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to pick your nose
to vomit
to torture
to poison
