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The translation tree, created by the students in Introduction to the Art of Translation, has been planted in the Office of International Student and Scholar Services, open for additional translations of the Italian poem, "Soldati."

Art of translation class utilizes poetry to spread its roots

By Meital Fried, Life & Culture Editor December 5, 2025
As trees across campus shed the last of their autumn leaves, a new species of tree blossomed in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Its trunk and branches were papier-mâché, and its colorful leaves displayed various versions of a single poem. Students created the tree as a part of Introduction to the Art of Translation, a class about the theory of translation taught by Marella Feltrin-Morris, professor in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures. 
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