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."
Ferrari
Apple
Subway
Coca Cola
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
pig machine
rush to die
cheap and slow
waste of money
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
your fingers smell delicious
eat your fingers off
bite your fingernails
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 _________"
wet your pants
make you pregnant
sneeze on you
spit on you
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
blows
sucks
works
cleans
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will scare you to death
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.
killer
idiot
drug dealer
robber
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Fart
Hell
Yuck
Poop
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Puke
Only Burp
Only Skin
Only Pee
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Facebook
TikTok
Twitter
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Back
Foot
Nose
Head
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Sweat
Dirty
Feet
Grandma
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Poo
Pee
Bad
Boy
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
armpit
crash
stink
corpse
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
