The Jungle Book – Der Dschungelbub?

It’s another translation gone wrong.  The poster was advertising a children’s cinema showing the Jungle Book and used a picture from the 1967 animated film.

The German word for jungle is “Dschungel”, the word for book is “Buch”.  Hence the film is called “Das Dschungelbuch”.

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Unfortunately it somehow became translated as “Dschungelbub” – “Bub” being the word for a young boy.

Well, I guess it fits in with the film…

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