Advice to copywriters: check the meaning of your work if you use a foreign language:
Not enough francophone to understand the blooper? Here’s the translation of “petite bite”.
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I once saw a sign in Brighton during a commercial week of French sales…
“Sales Français”
When Electrolux from Sweden started marketing their vacuum cleaners in the UK they simply translated the slogan that had served them well in their home. Soon Britain was covered in billboards: “Nothing sucks like Electrolux”.