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 _________"
make you pregnant
spit on you
sneeze on you
wet your pants
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble selling its products in Africa because....
consumers thought the product was made from babies.
Africans are not used to buying foods that come in jars.
the products were too expensive.
the products looked inedible.
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
robber
drug dealer
killer
idiot
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty, how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Pee
Bad
Boy
Poo
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Coca Cola
Ferrari
Apple
Subway
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 naked
Fly Ugly
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
waste of money
rush to die
pig machine
cheap and slow
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
works
sucks
blows
cleans
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Fart
Poop
Hell
Yuck
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Grandma
Feet
Dirty
Sweat
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will destroy your family
Pepsi will kill you
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
stink
crash
corpse
armpit
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Burp
Only Skin
Only Puke
Only Pee
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Foot
Head
Back
Nose
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
bite your fingernails
eat your fingers off
your fingers smell delicious
kiss your tasty fingers