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| Translations don't always turn put as wanted... |
| *In China, a Coca-Cola ad used Chinese symbols to sound out "Coca-Cola" phonetically, not realizing that the symbols "Co"-"Ca"-"Co"-"La" mean "Bite the wax tadpole." *In Brazil, an American airline advertised that its planes had "rendezvous" lounges, not realizing that in Brazilian slang "rendezvous" means a place to have sex. *In Taiwan, Pepsi's slogan "Come Alive with the Pepsi Generation" was translated on billboards as "pepsi brings you ancestors back from the dead." |
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