Preservative：Avoid asking about preservatives in France; you’ll probably be met with strange looks. It means ‘condom’ in France.

Preservative：在法国不要询问preservatives（防腐剂）；别人会用奇怪的眼神看你。它在法语里的意思是“避孕套”。

French Letter: Don’t say french letter unlike in other nations of the world, it simply means a condom in France.

French Letter：不像在世界其他国家，在法国不要说french letter（法国的信）这个词，在法语中这个词就是“避孕套”的意思。

Bra: Do you sell luxury underwear? Whilst you and I might initially understand the word to mean a garment that covers the breasts, if you’re in France your French colleagues might think you’re selling arms. Literal

Bra：你是卖奢侈内衣的吗？你我都首先把这个单词理解为“覆盖在胸部的衣服”，但是如果你在法国，那里的同行会以为你在卖胳臂，字面上是这个意思。

Pick: If you’re visiting Norway, don’t use the word ‘pick’. Your Norwegian colleague is unlikely to be impressed – it means ‘dick’ over there.

Pick：如果你去挪威，不要用pick（挑选）这个词，挪威的同事不会对你有好的印象——在挪威它的意思是“男性生殖器”。

Fitter: Does your business specialise in fitness products? Be mindful that in Norway, the word ‘fitter’ refers to a woman’s genitals.

Fitter：你们公司专门经营健身产品？那在挪威你要注意了，fitter（更健康）指的是女人的生殖器。

Peach: Going to Turkey? Avoid asking for a peach in the supermarket or anywhere else for that matter. It means ‘bastard’ in Turkish.

Peach：要去土耳其？在超市不能索要peach（桃子），在任何其他地方也不能提到这个词，它在土耳其的意思是“私生子”。

Gift: ‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth’, we’re told; perhaps more so in Germany where the word means ‘poison’.

Gift：我们都被教育“馈赠之物，切莫挑剔”；可能在德国更是这样，在那儿，这个单词的意思是“毒药”。

Latte: In Germany, latte doesn’t mean the frothy, milky concoction you get from your local Starbucks. It means ‘erect penis’ in some German quarters.

Latte：在德国，latte（拿铁）不是指你从当地星巴克买到的泡沫多的、含牛奶的混合物，而是在一些地区指“勃起”。

Salsa: Out for a Mexican in Korea? It’s probably best not to ask for salsa: it means ‘diarrhoea’ in Korean.

Salsa：在韩国想追求一个墨西哥人？最好不要请她跳salsa（萨尔萨舞），它在韩语中的意思是“腹泻”。

Speed: Try not to talk about speed when in the company of others in Sweden. It means ‘fart’.

Speed：在瑞典，和别人在一起时不要讨论speed（速度），它的意思是“放屁”。

Bump: If you’ve had the misfortune of a bump on your car, note that the word ‘bump’ in Swedish means ‘dump’.

Bump：如果你不幸把车撞了，要注意在瑞典bump（碰撞）这个词的意思是“倒垃圾”。

Speed bump: Put the above two words together and you have the phrase ‘speed bump’, which in Swedish means fart dump.

Speed bump：把上面两个词连一起，就是speed bump（减速带），在瑞典语中的意思是“放屁倒垃圾”。

Kiss: If you ask your Swedish host or hostess for a kiss, they might very well direct you to the toilets. In Swedish, the word means ‘pee’.

Kiss：如果你向瑞典的男女主人索吻的话，他们很有可能会带你去厕所。在瑞典语中，这个词是“尿”的意思。

Pay Day: If you’re in Portugal, refrain from singing with happiness that it’s ‘pay day’. No one will be impressed. In Portuguese it means “I farted”.

Pay Day：如果你在葡萄牙，不要听到pay day（发薪水的日子）就开心得不得了，别人不会对你有好印象的，在葡萄牙语中，pay day 的意思是“我放屁了”。

Exquisite: Extend a compliment to your Portuguese host by describing something belonging to them as ‘exquisite’ and you might be met with askance looks: ‘esquisito’ in Portuguese means ‘weird’.

Exquisite：称赞葡萄牙的男主人时，要是说他的某个东西很exquisite（精致），他会投来怀疑的目光：这个词在葡萄牙语里的意思是“怪异的”。

Cookie: If you’re visiting Hungary, whether on business or for pleasure, avoid asking for a cookie. It means ‘small penis’ in Hungarian.

Cookie：如果你正在匈牙利，无论是出差还是游玩，都不要索要cookie（饼干）。在匈牙利语中它的意思是“小阴茎”。

Jerry: It’s perhaps a little late for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, but if you’re in Japan, avoid using the word – it means ‘diarrhoea’ over there.

Jerry：现在买本·杰瑞的冰淇淋可能有点晚了，但如果你在日本，就不要用这个单词——在那儿的意思是“腹泻”。

Tremendous: Refrain from boasting about the tremendous prices you offer your clients. In this country, ‘tremendo’ is the word for ‘terrible’.

Tremendous：避免吹嘘你给客户报的价格是tremendous prices（高昂的价格），在这个国家里，tremendo是“糟糕”的意思。

Bill: Asking for the bill might raise a few guffaws in the Netherlands: ‘bill’ means ‘buttocks’ there.

Bill：在荷兰索要bill（账单）可能会引起哄堂大笑：在那儿的意思是“臀部”。

Lager: It might confuse your Dutch colleagues if you were to ask for a ‘lager’ when having a few drinks with them after work. Lager means ‘storage’ in Dutch.

Lager：如果你下班后和荷兰的同事一起喝酒时索要lager（窖藏啤酒），他们可能会蒙了。这个词在荷兰语中的意思是“仓库”。

Cool: The word cool is too close for comfort to the Spanish word ‘culo'; a crude term for ‘bum’. Best avoided.

Cool：cool（凉爽）这个单词的意思太接近西班牙语的单词culo，是“流浪汉”的一种粗鲁的说法，最好不要用。

So be careful when you make use of these words during communication so as not to get lost with contrary meaning and interpretation.

所以，在和别人交流时使用这些词要注意，以便不会错误地表达成相反的意思或解释。