英语翻译1.Western companies had problems selling refrigerators i

英语翻译
1.Western companies had problems selling refrigerators in Japan until they changed the design to make them quieter
Japanese homes were small and sometimes walls were made of paper.It was important for the refrigerators to be quiet.
2.In Saudi Arabia,newspaper adverts for an airline showed an attractive hostess serving champagne to happy passengers.A lot of passengers cancelled their flight reservations.
Unveiled women don’t mix with men in Saudi Arabia and alcohol is illegal.
3.A soap powder advertisement had a picture of dirty clothes on the left,a box of soap in the middle and clean clothes on the right.The soap didn’t sell well in the Middle East.
The advertisers forgot that in that part of the world,people usually read from right to left.
4.A company had problems when it tried to introduce instant coffee to the French market.
Making ‘real’ coffee was an important part of the French way of life.Instant coffee was too casual.
5.Several European and American firms couldn’t sell their products in Dubai when they ran their advertising campaign in Arabic.
90% of the population came from Pakistan,India,and Iran and elsewhere,so Arabic was the wrong language
6.An airline company called itself Emu,after the Australian bird.But Australians didn’t want to use the airline.
The Emu can’t fly.
7.A TV commercial for a cleaning product showed a little girl cleaning up the mess her brother made.The commercial caused problems in Canada.
People thought the commercial was too sexist and reinforced old male-female stereotypes.
8.A toothpaste manufacturer couldn’t sell its product in parts of South East Asia.
The people in this area didn’t want white teeth.They thought darkly stained teeth were beautiful and they tried to blacken them.
9.An American golf ball manufacturer launched its products in Japan packed in boxes of four.It had to change the pack size.
In Japanese the word for ‘four’ sounds like the word for ‘death’.Things don’t sell goods packed in fours.
10.Ladies’ electric shavers sold well throughout Europe,but not in Italy.
It seems Italian men prefer ladies’ legs unshaven.

1.Western companies had problems selling refrigerators in Japan until they changed the design to make them quieter
Japanese homes were small and sometimes walls were made of paper.It was important for the refrigerators to be quiet.
西方公司在日本销售冰箱遇到了问题,除非她们改变设计使其降低噪音.
日本的房子小并且有时墙是纸糊的.因此冰箱的噪音小是很重要的.
2.In Saudi Arabia,newspaper adverts for an airline showed an attractive hostess serving champagne to happy passengers.A lot of passengers cancelled their flight reservations.
Unveiled women don’t mix with men in Saudi Arabia and alcohol is illegal.
在沙特阿拉伯,航空公司的报纸广告是一位吸引人的服务人员用香槟酒来满足其乘客.许多乘客取消了他们的航班.没戴面纱的妇女不许和男人在一起并且酒精是非法的.
3.A soap powder advertisement had a picture of dirty clothes on the left,a box of soap in the middle and clean clothes on the right.The soap didn’t sell well in the Middle East.
The advertisers forgot that in that part of the world,people usually read from right to left.
肥皂粉的广告是左面一副脏衣服的图片,中间一盒肥皂,右面干净的衣服.在中东肥皂卖的不是很好.广告商忘了这一点,人们通常是从右往左看的.
4.A company had problems when it tried to introduce instant coffee to the French market.
Making ‘real’ coffee was an important part of the French way of life.Instant coffee was too casual.
当公司试图向法国市场引进速溶咖啡时遇到了困难.制作“纯正的”咖啡时法国人生活中重要的一部分.速溶咖啡太不正式了.
5.Several European and American firms couldn’t sell their products in Dubai when they ran their advertising campaign in Arabic.
90% of the population came from Pakistan,India,and Iran and elsewhere,so Arabic was the wrong language
当一些欧洲和美国的公司打算用阿拉伯语进行广告宣传时,他们在迪拜卖不出他们的产品.
因为90%的人来自巴基斯坦、印度、伊朗及其他地方,因此用阿拉伯语（宣传）是错误的语言.
6.An airline company called itself Emu,after the Australian bird.But Australians didn’t want to use the airline.
The Emu can’t fly.
一家航空公司以一种澳大利亚鸟名自称为鸸鹋.但是澳大利亚人并不想用他们的航空公司.
鸸鹋鸟不会飞.
7.A TV commercial for a cleaning product showed a little girl cleaning up the mess her brother made.The commercial caused problems in Canada.
清洁产品的电视商业广告是一个小女孩正在打扫她哥哥弄的一团糟.商业广告在加拿大引起了问题.
8.A toothpaste manufacturer couldn’t sell its product in parts of South East Asia.
The people in this area didn’t want white teeth.They thought darkly stained teeth were beautiful and they tried to blacken them.
牙膏生产商在东南亚的一些地区销售不出去他的产品.在这些地区的人们不想要健白的牙齿.他们认为黑的有玷污的牙齿的漂亮的,并且他们试图把牙齿弄黑.
9.An American golf ball manufacturer launched its products in Japan packed in boxes of four.It had to change the pack size.
In Japanese the word for ‘four’ sounds like the word for ‘death’.Things don’t sell goods packed in fours.
一家美国高尔夫球生产商以四个一盒的包装在日本销售其产品.但他不得不更改包装尺寸.
因为在日本“四”的发音像“死”.物品以四个包装在一起卖的不好.
10.Ladies’ electric shavers sold well throughout Europe,but not in Italy.
It seems Italian men prefer ladies’ legs unshaven.
女士的电动剃刀在欧洲买的很好,不但意大利就不行了.
看起来意大利的男士更喜欢女人们不刮腿毛.
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