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Translation and Literature in the Philippines

Written byKarlo Mongaya
Posted 18 December 2008 4:21 GMT

Cebuano poet Adonis Durado posts an article on the importance of translation for literary development in the Philippines. Durado recently launched his book of Cebuano poems, Dili Tanang Matagak Mahagbong [fil] (trans. Not All That Drop Falls).

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