A Dream
Within a Dream.
Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, carried into languages, imagined worlds, tactile writing, and signals.
A growing, carefully reviewed collection. Every edition keeps its language, sources, and editorial choices in view.
Progress through the project
Completion percentage begins when the target list is approved.
From research to a published poem
Catalog and verify
Resolve language identity, writing conventions, and available sources.
Translate and document
Keep the poem and the translator’s editorial choices together.
Review and publish
Publish the complete poem with credits and links back to this project.
The English source is not a translation. Candidate records are not automatically approved targets.
One collection, several paths
Languages by place
Explore continents, countries, and US state reference points.
02 / FictionLanguages of imagined worlds
Star Trek, Middle-earth, Pandora, and Game of Thrones.
03 / InventionThe wider constructed catalog
Browse 2,181 source records by purpose and type.
04 / TouchBraille editions
Choose a language, then its Braille code and conventions.
05 / TransmissionSignals, sound, and code
Morse, teleprinters, semaphore, and alphabet flags.
06 / The sourcePoe’s English original
The 1849 poem, preserved as the starting text.
A world of language families
7,674 spoken-language records organized into 238 genealogical families and 183 isolates.
These bars show catalog size, not translation completion. Regional, fictional, and writing-system views can overlap.
Explore the Earth map ↗Read it. Understand it. Give it your voice.
Explore a Spanish learning draft in both directions, compare each line, practice vocabulary, and download a printable study edition.
Audio and video readings will live beside each poem. You can prepare a reading on your device now.
Open the bilingual lesson ↗The collection starts here.
No translations have been published yet. The original poem is ready to read while we establish the first translation targets.
Read the English original ↗