Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Dirty
Fly Naked
Fly Ugly
Fly Smelly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Coca Cola
Apple
Ferrari
Subway
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
cheap and slow
waste of money
rush to die
pig machine
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
your fingers smell delicious
bite your fingernails
eat your fingers off
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 _________"
sneeze on you
spit 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.
sucks
works
blows
cleans
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi will kill you
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.
idiot
robber
killer
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 Skin
Only Burp
Only Pee
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Head
Foot
Nose
Back
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Dirty
Grandma
Sweat
Feet
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Bad
Boy
Poo
Pee
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
crash
stink
corpse
armpit
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to pick your nose
to torture
to poison
to vomit
