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Are the following stories regarding mistranslations true or false?

True or false? The Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish. This is an "urban legend", although this anecdote is still used in many business schools and seminars to illustrate the perils of failing to do adequate research before introducing a product into the international marketplace. The Chevrolet Nova sold well in Mexico and Venezuela. False

True or false? Coca-Cola's initial transliteration of their name into Chinese produced a rendering whose meaning was "bite the wax tadpole". True - partly Although Coca-Cola translated their product as "to allow the mouth to be able to rejoice", Chinese shopkeepers created signs whose pronunciations formed the string "ko-ka-ko-la“, resulting in nonsensical meanings such as "female horse fastened with wax", "wax-flattened mare", or "bite the wax tadpole".

True or false? Mitsubishi introduced a model with the rather unfortunate name of "Pajero" (a word which in Spanish is a slang term for someone who enjoys pleasuring himself), prompting Mitsubishi to rename the car the "Montero" in some markets. True

True or false? The John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath was published in a Japanese translation bearing the title The Angry Raisins. Another urban legend. The title of Steinbeck's masterpiece has been correctly rendered in multiple Japanese versions as Ikari no budou (first published in 1962). There are no recorded instances of the book being published as Ikareru hoshibudou ("The Angry Raisins") or Budou no ikari ("The Wrath of Grapes"). False

True or false? An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of the desired "I Saw the Pope" in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed "I Saw the Potato". True

True or false? The Chinese translation of a British bus manufacturer’s maintenance manual used "nuts" of the edible variety throughout the instructions, in expressions like "tighten the nuts with a ratchet spanner". Cicero Translations was asked to edit and correct the 200-plus page manual in True

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