Using a Translation Agency or Service
- Coors' motto of "Turn it loose" was once translated into "Loosen your bowels" or something to that effect in Spanish.
- Through a comedy of errors, the Italian translation for "Schweppes Tonic Water" became "Schweppes Toilet Water".
- Clairol's negligence in doing the research for its "Mist-Stick" product (a mist-producing curling iron) in Germany produced predictable results—in German, "mist" translates to "manure", and you can just imagine how well a "manure-stick" will sell.
- Colgate's "Cue" brand toothpaste in France was coincidentally named after a notorious local porno magazine. It'd probably be as interesting as having a "Playboy"-brand handheld game console for kids in the United States (fortunately, that didn't actually happen... yet).
- On the flipside of things, the Scandinavian Electrolux brand once produced an infamous marketing campaign that alleges, "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux." Actually, it's marketed mainly for the UK, where "sucks" had a more positive connotation, but you can only imagine the hilarity that arose once the ad made its rounds in the Internet.
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