Unfortunate Czech Translations of Foreign Brands

Pee Cola? Pet Sweat? Soup for Sluts? You’ve probably seen those foreign products with rather unfortunate English names. 

Kunda is a delicious dessert from the Belgaum region of India. It’s also a vulgar Czech term for female genitalia. 

Image: Indiamart / Nandini Kunda

It sounds quite nice, however, and seems to be easy to make at home.

Image: Hoven Sunglasses

Hoven was also the name of an IKEA carpet briefly sold in the Czech Republic; it was renamed to Fare after poor local sales. 

Indian artist Rani Srani (roughly, Morning Shitting) might have an unfortunate name, but it’s helped her build a wide Czech audience on Facebook (many of whom, unfortunately, are pretty rude).

Image: Facebook / RaniSraniOfficial

In Czech, an oser, derived from the vulgar verb above, is a term for a big nuisance. In Germany, it’s close to this brew:

Image: Facebook / Osser beer

The popular Polish vodka Soplica, a big hit in foreign markets such as Ukraine, never really took off south of the border. In Czech, sopl translates as booger.

Image: Facebook / SoplicaUkraine

One of Sweden’s largest shopping centers is located in the town of Kungens Kurva. In Czech, kurva is a vulgar term for prostitute. 

Image: Facebook / Kungens Kurva ShoppingCenter

The term also pops up in Pico Pica Hot Sauce, a US hot sauce that anyone from California can vouch for.

Image: Amazon / Pico Pica Hot Sauce

Lastly, if you find yourself taking public transport in Singapore, don’t be put off by the name of the operator: SMRT (that’s “death” in Czech).

Photo: Facebook / SMRTCorpSG