France
法國

Preservative：Avoid asking about preservatives in France; you’ll probably be met with strange looks. It means ‘condom’ in France.
Preservative：在法國不要詢問preservatives（防腐劑）；別人會用奇怪的眼神看你。它在法語里的意思是“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：不像在世界其他國家，在法國不要說french letter（法國的信）這個詞，在法語中這個詞就是“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：你是賣奢侈內(nèi)衣的嗎？你我都首先把這個單詞理解為“覆蓋在胸部的衣服”，但是如果你在法國，那里的同行會以為你在賣胳臂，字面上是這個意思。

Norway
挪威

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（挑選）這個詞，挪威的同事不會對你有好的印象——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：你們公司專門經(jīng)營健身產(chǎn)品？那在挪威你要注意了，fitter（更健康）指的是女人的生殖器。

Turkey
土耳其

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這個詞，它在土耳其的意思是“私生子”。

Germany
德國

Gift: ‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth’, we’re told; perhaps more so in Germany where the word means ‘poison’.
Gift：我們都被教育“饋贈之物，切莫挑剔”；可能在德國更是這樣，在那兒，這個單詞的意思是“毒藥”。

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：在德國，latte（拿鐵）不是指你從當?shù)匦前涂速I到的泡沫多的、含牛奶的混合物，而是在一些地區(qū)指“勃起”。

Korea
韓國

Salsa: Out for a Mexican in Korea? It’s probably best not to ask for salsa: it means ‘diarrhoea’ in Korean.
Salsa：在韓國想追求一個墨西哥人？最好不要請她跳salsa（薩爾薩舞），它在韓語中的意思是“腹瀉”。

Sweden
瑞典

Speed: Try not to talk about speed when in the company of others in Sweden. It means ‘fart’.
Speed：在瑞典，和別人在一起時不要討論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：如果你不幸把車撞了，要注意在瑞典bump（碰撞）這個詞的意思是“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：把上面兩個詞連一起，就是speed bump（減速帶），在瑞典語中的意思是“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話，他們很有可能會帶你去廁所。在瑞典語中，這個詞是“尿”的意思。

Portugal
葡萄牙

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，不要聽到pay day（發(fā)薪水的日子）就開心得不得了，別人不會對你有好印象的，在葡萄牙語中，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：稱贊葡萄牙的男主人時，要是說他的某個東西很exquisite（精致），他會投來懷疑的目光：這個詞在葡萄牙語里的意思是“怪異的”。

Hungary
匈牙利

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，無論是出差還是游玩，都不要索要cookie（餅干）。在匈牙利語中它的意思是“小陰莖”。

Japan
日本

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：現(xiàn)在買本·杰瑞的冰淇淋可能有點晚了，但如果你在日本，就不要用這個單詞——在那兒的意思是“腹瀉”。

Italy
意大利

Tremendous: Refrain from?boasting?about the tremendous prices you offer your clients. In this country, ‘tremendo’ is the word for ‘terrible’.
Tremendous：避免吹噓你給客戶報的價格是tremendous prices（高昂的價格），在這個國家里，tremendo是“糟糕”的意思。

Netherlands
荷蘭

Bill: Asking for the bill might raise a few guffaws in the Netherlands: ‘bill’ means ‘buttocks’ there.
Bill：在荷蘭索要bill（賬單）可能會引起哄堂大笑：在那兒的意思是“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：如果你下班后和荷蘭的同事一起喝酒時索要lager（窖藏啤酒），他們可能會蒙了。這個詞在荷蘭語中的意思是“倉庫”。

Spain
西班牙

Cool: The word cool is too close for comfort to the Spanish word ‘culo'; a crude term for ‘bum’. Best avoided.
Cool：cool（涼爽）這個單詞的意思太接近西班牙語的單詞culo，是“流浪漢”的一種粗魯?shù)恼f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，在和別人交流時使用這些詞要注意，以便不會錯誤地表達成相反的意思或解釋。