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 Dirty
Fly Naked
______ '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 "______."
pig machine
waste of money
rush to die
cheap and slow
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
kiss your tasty fingers
bite your fingernails
your fingers smell delicious
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 _________"
wet your pants
spit on you
sneeze 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.
cleans
sucks
works
blows
"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 brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will scare you to death
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?
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?
TikTok
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Foot
Head
Back
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
Boy
Bad
Poo
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
corpse
armpit
crash
stink
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to poison
to vomit
to pick your nose
to torture
