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.

Well, there’s a few of those in Czech, too. The below products probably wouldn’t fare so well on the local market.

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.

Hoven is a popular US brand that specializes in sports eyewear. It probably wouldn’t be so popular in the Czech Republic, however, where the name literally translates to shit.

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 lovable Pokemon character Pichu pronounces his name with a soft ‘ch’ in Japanese and English versions of the show – which sounds like a derogatory Czech term for female genitalia. The pronunciation was changed to a hard ‘ch’ in the Czech version of the show.