Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Ugly
Fly Smelly
Fly Dirty
Fly Naked
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Apple
Coca Cola
Ferrari
Subway
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
waste of money
pig machine
rush to die
cheap and slow
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 _________"
spit on you
wet your pants
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.
cleans
sucks
works
blows
"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 kill you
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.
idiot
drug dealer
robber
killer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Fart
Yuck
Hell
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?
Instagram
TikTok
Twitter
Facebook
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Head
Back
Foot
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Grandma
Sweat
Dirty
Feet
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 ______"
crash
stink
armpit
corpse
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to torture
to pick your nose
to vomit
to poison
