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."
Coca Cola
Apple
Ferrari
Subway
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 "______."
bite your fingernails
kiss your tasty fingers
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
make you pregnant
sneeze on you
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
works
cleans
sucks
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 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.
robber
killer
idiot
drug dealer
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 Burp
Only Pee
Only Puke
Only Skin
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Foot
Nose
Head
Back
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Feet
Grandma
Sweat
Dirty
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Boy
Pee
Bad
Poo
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
stink
armpit
crash
corpse
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to torture
to vomit
to pick your nose
to poison
