How does one translate a poem? In an effort to find out, the Department of Languages at the UW-Eau Claire will host a symposium, Mission Impossible? Poetry Translation, from Monday, May 1, through Thursday, May 4. The symposium will feature an array of events, many of which will be hosted by guest scholars Dr. Samuel Frederick of Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Graham Foust of the University of Denver. The goal, explains UWC German professor and symposium organizer, Dr. Johannes Strohschank, is to “acquaint and familiarize both faculty and students, as well as a general audience, with the intricacies, problems, and benefits associated with the translation of poetry, in this case from the German to the English language.” The four-day event includes a reception and panel discussion, master classes in the departments of languages and English, and an evening with readings of international poetry as part of the International Poetry Reading on May 3. For more information, as well as the times and places of these events, visit poetrytrans.net.