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Some of these maybe offensive to your gender , please anderstand these were sent to me via my e.mail and I did not edit them for content!> - This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation of a US naval
> ship with Canadian authorities off the coast on Newfoundland in
October 1995.
>
> Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.
>
> Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a
> collision.
> Americans: Recommend you divert you course 15 degrees to the North to
> avoid a collision.
> Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to
the
> South to avoid a collision.
> Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert
YOUR
> course.
> Canadians: No. I say again, divert YOUR course.
> Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST
> SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE
> DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT
YOU
> CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT 'S ONE FIVE
DEGREES
> NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
THIS
> SHIP.
> Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
Translation Disintegration
>
>Cracking an international market is a goal of most growing corporations.
>It shouldn't be that hard, yet even the big multi-nationals run into
>trouble because of language and cultural differences between translations.
>For example...
>
>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."
>
>The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem - Feeling Free," got
>translated in the Japanese market into "When smoking Salem, you feel so
>refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty."
>
>When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was
>apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go." After the company
>figured out why it wasn't selling any cars, it renamed the car the
Caribe in its Spanish markets.
>
>Ford had a similar problem in Brazil when the Pinto flopped. The
company found out that Pinto was Brazilian slang for "tiny male genitals".
Ford
>pried all the nameplates off and substituted Corcel, which means horse.
>
>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." owever,
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."
>
>Chicken-man Frank Perdue's slogan, "It takes a tough man to make a
tender chicken," got terribly mangled in another Spanish translation. A
photo
of Perdue with one of his birds appeared on billboards all over Mexico with
a caption that explained "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused."
>
>Hunt-Wesson introduced its Big John products in French Canada as Gros
Jos before finding out that the phrase, in slang, means "big breasts." In
this case, however, the name problem did not have a noticeable effect on
sales.
>
>Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a
>notorious porno mag.
>
>In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into
>Schweppes Toilet Water.
>
>Japan's second-largest tourist agency was mystified when it entered
>English-speaking markets and began receiving requests for unusual sex
>tours. Upon finding out why, the owners of Kinki Nippon Tourist Company
>changed its name.
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Forwarded message:
From: rafr2@juno.com (Richard A. Feingold)
To: rafr2@juno.com, bandbco@juno.com, Copley@Vermontel.com,
BBFscuba@prodigy.com, rfeingol@hpd.acast.nova.edu, feingold@bellsouth.net,
JimJick@AOL.com, Jfcp@Vermontel.com, RBWF74A@prodigy.com,
Jerrygreenberg@ibm.net, SHewitt109@AOL.com, termen8tr@AOL.com,
Karlsberg@mhv.net, H4Everyone@AOL.com, Bernie@idsi.net, deleis@vassar.edu,
XXWX34B@prodigy.com, Paulin@warwick.net
Date: 97-11-21 19:16:09 EST
>Translation Disintegration
>
>Cracking an international market is a goal of most growing corporations.
>It shouldn't be that hard, yet even the big multi-nationals run into
>trouble because of language and cultural differences between
translations.
>For example...
>
>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."
>
>The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem - Feeling Free," got
>translated in the Japanese market into "When smoking Salem, you feel so
>refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty."
>
>When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was
>apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go." After the company
>figured out why it wasn't selling any cars, it renamed the car the
Caribe
>in its Spanish markets
>
>.
>
>Ford had a similar problem in Brazil when the Pinto flopped. The
company
>found out that Pinto was Brazilian slang for "tiny male genitals". Ford
>pried all the nameplates off and substituted Corcel, which means horse.
>
>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." owever, 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."
>
>Chicken-man Frank Perdue's slogan, "It takes a tough man to make a
tender
>chicken," got terribly mangled in another Spanish translation. A photo
of
>Perdue with one of his birds appeared on billboards all over Mexico with
a
>caption that explained "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused."
>
>Hunt-Wesson introduced its Big John products in French Canada as Gros
Jos
>before finding out that the phrase, in slang, means "big breasts." In
this
>case, however, the name problem did not have a noticeable effect on
sales.
>
>Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a
>notorious porno mag.
>
>In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into
>Schweppes Toilet Water.
>
>Japan's second-largest tourist agency was mystified when it entered
>English-speaking markets and began receiving requests for unusual sex
>tours. Upon finding out why, the owners of Kinki Nippon Tourist Company
>changed its name.
>
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stones
2. Absorbs great quantities of expensive substances
3. May explode spontaneously without proir warning and for no
known
reason
4. Insoluble in liquid but activity greatly increased by
saturation
with alcohol
5. Most powerful money reducing agent known to man
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1. Highly ornamental, epecially in fast and expensive cars
2. Can be great aid to relaxation
TASTES:
1. Pure specimen turns rosy pink when discovered in natural state
2. Turns green when placed beside a better specimen
HAZARDS:
1. Highly dangerous except in experienced hands
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