Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Dirty
Fly Smelly
Fly Naked
Fly Ugly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Ferrari
Apple
Subway
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 "______."
bite your fingernails
eat your fingers off
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 _________"
make you pregnant
spit on you
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
cleans
works
sucks
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will kill you
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
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.
drug dealer
robber
idiot
killer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Yuck
Fart
Poop
Hell
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Pee
Only Burp
Only Skin
Only Puke
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Foot
Head
Nose
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?
Pee
Bad
Poo
Boy
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 pick your nose
to vomit
to poison
