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 Ugly
Fly Naked
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Apple
Coca Cola
Subway
Ferrari
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 "______."
eat your fingers off
kiss your tasty fingers
your fingers smell delicious
bite your fingernails
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
wet your pants
spit 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.
sucks
works
cleans
blows
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will kill you
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
idiot
drug dealer
robber
killer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Poop
Yuck
Fart
Hell
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Skin
Only Pee
Only Burp
Only Puke
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Foot
Back
Head
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Sweat
Grandma
Feet
Dirty
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Pee
Bad
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 pick your nose
to vomit
to poison
to torture
