Localisation Faux Pas (Archive)

Parker Pen decided to try marketing their range of ball-point pens in Mexico. Their advertisements were supposed to read as follows: "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." 

However, the company ran into difficulties because they thought that the Spanish word "embarazar" meant to embarrass. As a result of this mistake, the advertisement was actually translated as: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."