Three Guatemalan Translators of Poe

N HIS excellent study on Poe,' Mr. Englekirk remarks that Like Bonalde's version of 'The Raven,' earliest Spanish translation of 'The Bells' (1884) by Guatemalan poet Domingo Estrada seems destined to endure as favorite.2 And well it may, for Estrada with his wonderful sense for sound and rhythm has proved himself an able poet in translating Poe. The remarkable feature of Estrada's translation is, as Englekirk says, the extent to which poet has enlarged upon original.3 Part four of Poe's poem is cited as an illustration

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