In his 2004 memoir If This Be Treason, translator Gregory Rabassa describes the act of translating, at least in part, as an act of betrayal. Betrayal of language, author, and self. Was he right? If so, is this especially true when translating poems? This panel uses Rabassa’s argument as a jumping-off point to discuss the joys, challenges, and . . . impossibility? . . . of translation. The five poet-translators will be reading from recently published translations from Chinese, Italian, Russian, and Spanish texts.