ONE morning in Malaysia six years ago, I received a phone call from the publisher of Penguin Random House Southeast Asia. It was a brief call, and she asked if I would be interested in translating three Tagalog novels for the Southeast Asian Literary Classics series.
CROCODILE S Tears, my English translation of National Artist Amado V. Hernandez s second and last novel, Luha ng Buwaya, has just been published by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia. This is the third and final project in my trilogy of translations for the world s biggest trade publisher.