Song: Jungle Rythm
Movie: The Jungle Book 2
Music and lyrics by Lorraine Feather and Paul Grabowsky
Performed by Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman and Connor Funk.
Original Song
Spanish Version /Latin America)
English Lyrics (Original)
Performed by Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman and Connor Funk.
Jungle Rythm
That morning sun peeks over the mountains
And all the rhinos rub their eyes
When they hear, hear the jungle rhythm
Those birds are tat-tap-tapping the tree trunks
The busy bee hums as he flies
Loud and clear, to the jungle rhythm.
Now, you can hightail it out of the jungle
But it never leaves your heart
First you feel that beat start bubbling under
Then you hear the tom toms loud as thunder
It's moving me, sounds a lot like being free, when you feel, feel the jungle rhythm, feel the jungle rhythm.
Can't do without rhythm, and when it fills the air
Animals everywhere, join in the dance.
You'll dance along with 'em, feel it steal your soul
We'll stomp our paws, flap our wings
Maybe do one or two crazy things.
Check out those chat-chat-chattering monkeys
Swinging through the banyan trees
Two by two, two by two, to the jungle rhythm.
Sounds like a wolf pack way in the distance
Singing pretty harmonies
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
To the jungle rhythm.
Now, you can hightail it out of the jungle
But it never leaves your heart
First you feel that beat start bubbling under
Then you hear the tom toms loudd as thunder
It's moving me
Sounds a lot like being free
When i feel, when i feel
When i feel, when i feel
Feel the jungle rhythm
Spanish Lyrics (Latin America)
Performed by Cristóbal Obregón, Leyla Rangel, Ignacio Loaiza Ganém
El Ritmo de la Selva
El sol se asoma tras la montaña
sus ojos frota un animal
Al oir, ritmos de la selva
Las aves golpetean los troncos
la abeja zumba al volar
esos son, ritmos de la selva
Y aunque lejos estés de la jungla
quedará en tu corazón
Un murmullo rítmico primero
y después los tomtoms como un trueno.
Y me siento libre al fin, al sentir, ritmos de la selva
ritmos de la selva
Te mueves al ritmo, y el aire vibra igual
y todo animal, viene a bailar
ven a compartirlo, tu alma se robará
Golpear los pies, aletear
Y una locura o dos intentar.
Escucha el parlotear de los monos
Que del arbol al colgar
hacen ya, ritmos de la selva
Parecen lobos que en la distancia
armonizan al cantar
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
ritmos de la selva.
Y aunque lejos estés de la jungla
quedará en tu corazón
Un murmullo rítmico primero
y después los tom toms como un trueno
Y me siento libre al fin,
al sentir, al sentir,
al sentir, al sentir,
ritmos de la selva
Translation Procedures
Adaptation
All the adaptated lyrics are highlighted in blue.
Most of the lyrics of the songs are completely adapted into Latin American Spanish; it may not have the same words or expressions but the context of the message is the same for the Spanish-speaking countries.
For instance:
That morning sun peeks over the mountains
And all the rhinos rub their eyes.
Adapted Version:
El sol se asoma tras la montaña
sus ojos frota un animal
Another Example of Adaptation:
Check out those chat-chat-chattering monkeys
Swinging through the banyan trees
Two by two, two by two, to the jungle rhythm.
Sounds like a wolf pack way in the distance
Singing pretty harmonies
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
To the jungle rhythm.
Adapted Version
Escucha el parlotear de los monos
Que del arbol al colgar
hacen ya, ritmos de la selva
Parecen lobos que en la distancia
armonizan al cantar
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
ritmos de la selva.
Modulation
The lyrics that contain the modulation procedure are highlighted in red.
The original lyrics contain adjectives (busy), noun (tree), pronouns (he), gerund (tapping) and verb tenses that were shifted in order to be understood by the target language audience.
For instance:
Those birds are tat-tap-tapping the tree trunks
The busy bee hums as he flies
Modulation:
Las aves golpetean los troncos
la abeja zumba al volar
Borrowing
The lyrics that contain the borrowing procedure are highlighted in purple.
The translated version borrowed the onomatopeia "tom tom" from the original lyrics.
For instance:
Then you hear the tom toms loudd as thunder
Borrowing
y después los tom toms como un trueno
Conclusion
If we translate the whole song literally, it would not make sense for the target language audience, especially when a translated song should follow the same pattern and melody as the original. If we sang a literal translated version of the song, there would be a loss of musical rhythm, Therefore, adaptation is the most applied procedure.