Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Naked
Fly Dirty
Fly Smelly
Fly Ugly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Apple
Ferrari
Subway
Coca Cola
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 "______."
kiss your tasty fingers
your fingers smell delicious
bite your fingernails
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 _________"
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.
blows
works
sucks
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 brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will scare you to death
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
killer
robber
idiot
drug dealer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Hell
Yuck
Fart
Poop
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Pee
Only Puke
Only Skin
Only Burp
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
Twitter
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Back
Foot
Head
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Dirty
Feet
Sweat
Grandma
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Pee
Poo
Boy
Bad
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
corpse
stink
crash
armpit
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
