Stony Brook Souvenir and other translated poems

• Main Author: Benitez, Christian Jil R
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: translation; Philippine contemporary poetry; Jaya Jacobo; transness; Language Interpretation and Translation; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Poetry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/akda/vol4/iss1/7; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/akda/article/1076/viewcontent/6_Benitez.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This essay preliminary elucidates on the process of translating Jaya Jacobo’s poetry from Filipino to English. It briefly recounts the unprompted beginning of this translation work, citing it as an instance of a gift; as well the author’s general translation practice in his scholarly work, as demand...