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MOxxx · 10-17-2006, 11:44 AM

Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an
American ad campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."

The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la.
Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs
had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse
stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000
Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which
can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."

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."

notabook · 10-17-2006, 11:47 AM

hehehe... I like the chinese kfc one, that's a good marketing slogan. "it's so good it'll make you want to eat your fingers off". Mmmmmm.

Orfeux · 10-17-2006, 11:51 AM

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bobby666 · 10-17-2006, 12:33 PM

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bobby666 · 10-17-2006, 12:35 PM

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reynold · 10-17-2006, 07:59 PM

Hilarious translations

Spunky · 10-17-2006, 08:01 PM

I guess it pays to not be prejudice when hiring

BusterBunny · 10-17-2006, 08:02 PM

hell yeah who needs pet cemetary when you can have a taiwanese pepsi

Screaming · 10-17-2006, 08:04 PM

thats classic, you would think they would do alot of research to avoid things like that

CaptainHowdy · 10-17-2006, 08:25 PM

hehehehehehe!!

sniperwolf · 10-17-2006, 08:37 PM

the Elektrolux man knocking on my door..
Gotta love the slogan.. they got alot of appliances to offer .. nice to have a vacuum who sucks like that.. oh my lol

rodney25 · 10-18-2006, 12:32 AM

Funny lines, man.

calibra · 10-18-2006, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOxxx

Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an
American ad campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."

The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la.
Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs
had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse
stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000
Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which
can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."

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."

Good but pretty old

Ace_luffy · 10-18-2006, 12:41 AM

damn nice translations.....

chinese RULES!

Violetta · 10-18-2006, 12:46 AM

Pedronas · 10-18-2006, 02:43 AM

funny shit

Elixir · 10-18-2006, 02:58 AM

hahah funny lines

Scott McD · 10-18-2006, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOxxx

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."

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