In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."
Also in Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan "finger-lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off."
When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to say "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." However, the company mistakenly thought the spanish word "embarazar" meant embarrass. Instead the ads said that "It wont leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."
An American t-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of the desired "I Saw the Pope" in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed "I Saw the Potato."
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In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.
On a menu in a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
In a Bangkok cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.
In a Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking.
In a Hong Kong dress shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
In an East African newspaper: A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.
An ad by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.
In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here & spend the afternoon having a good time.
In a Czech tourist agency: Take one of our horse driven tours---we guarantee no miscarriages.
Ad for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride your own ass?
In the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for the ladies from their own skin.
Tokyo bar: Special cocktail for the ladies with nuts.
Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.
Budapest zoo: Please don't feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
Office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other diseases.
Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.
Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance: English well talking; Here speeching American.
A sign on the lion cage at a zoo in the Czech Republic: No smoothen the lion
We do not tear your clothing with machinery. We do it carefully by hand. Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it.
Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel.
Wanted. Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink.
Our bikinis are exciting. They are simply the tops.
3-year-old teacher need for pre-school. Experience preferred.
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On a plumber's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed."
On the trucks of a plumbing company: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."
Pizza shop slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."
Door of a plastic surgeon's office: "Hello. Can we pick your nose?"
In a non-smoking area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take action
At an optometrist's office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."
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