Top 13 Worst Slogan Translations Ever


	Top 13 Worst Slogan Translations Ever

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8-11-2007 4:09 AM

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The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela",  meaning "Bite the Wax Tadpole" or "Female Horse Stuffed with  Wax", depending on the dialect.  Coke then researched 40,000  characters to find a phonetic
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<STRONG>6)</STRONG>	
	Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "It takes a strong man to  make a tender chicken,"   was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate."
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	Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the  name of a notorious porno magazine.
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<STRONG>8)</STRONG>	
	When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label.  Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the labels of what's inside, since many people can't read.
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<STRONG>9)</STRONG>	
	Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in  Chinese.
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