本文提出诗歌难译，非不可译，而最好的方法莫过于“衍译”。本论文从东西方的角度阐述了“衍译”的由来，界定了“衍译”的性质，根据诗歌翻译具有的种种不确定性，提出诗歌翻译的最佳途径是衍译。衍译不是归化，而是最大程度地追求互文性，让译诗保持原文的精神和形式，让译者真正做到“一仆两主”。作者以所教学生的诗歌翻译为例，以说明“衍译”是如何在诗歌翻译教学中得到实践的。

Poetry is hard to translate, but it is not untranslatable. Due to the various uncertainties in poetry translation, the author of this paper proposes that “imitation” is an ideal way for translating poetry. The academic background of the term has been discussed and a definition been made. Imitation is not “domestication”，but an effort for achieving intertextuality to the largest degree so as, on one hand, to satisfy the target language readers and, on the other hand, keep the spirit and form of the original in translation. Students exercises in poem translation are illustrated to demonstrate the feasibility of application of imitation in teaching of poetry translation.