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."
Coca Cola
Subway
Apple
Ferrari
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
cheap and slow
pig machine
waste of money
rush to die
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
make you pregnant
spit on you
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
sucks
blows
works
cleans
"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 will scare you to death
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.
robber
killer
idiot
drug dealer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Hell
Yuck
Poop
Fart
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
Instagram
TikTok
Twitter
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Foot
Head
Nose
Back
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Sweat
Dirty
Grandma
Feet
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Boy
Poo
Bad
Pee
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
stink
crash
armpit
corpse
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to vomit
to torture
to poison
to pick your nose
