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This is great! There are certain puns/combos that would be really hard to catch though. For example - the Ford Nova. In Spanish, it literally translates to "no

by temuze 11y ago

This is great! There are certain puns/combos that would be really hard to catch though. For example - the Ford Nova. In Spanish, it literally translates to "no va" "doesn't go". Terrible name for a car. I'm unsure how to make this understand the context of the product, but that would be the next step

unholiness 11y ago
"Colgate" similarly passed. In Spanish, it's the imperative command "Hang yourself".
notNow 11y ago
But "nova" in Portuguese means "new" so I guess Ford was in the safe side with that product name.
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nvader 11y ago
I've always been pretty skeptical about Nova in particular. It's like an English speaker going to a restaurant named "Notable": we wouldn't expect to have to eat on the floor.
jpatokal 11y ago
Not really: http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp