Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Smelly
Fly Ugly
Fly Naked
Fly Dirty
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Coca Cola
Ferrari
Apple
Subway
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
rush to die
pig machine
cheap and slow
waste of money
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
your fingers smell delicious
eat your fingers off
bite your fingernails
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
make you pregnant
wet your pants
sneeze on you
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
blows
works
sucks
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 kill you
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi will destroy your family
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
idiot
killer
drug dealer
robber
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 Skin
Only Puke
Only Pee
Only Burp
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Facebook
TikTok
Twitter
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Foot
Nose
Head
Back
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Sweat
Feet
Dirty
Grandma
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Bad
Pee
Boy
Poo
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 vomit
to poison
to pick your nose
to torture
