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Update: Translation of the Book of Mormon

TitleUpdate: Translation of the Book of Mormon
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1991
Corporate AuthorsEnsign Staff
MagazineEnsign
Volume21
Issue Number4
Pagination75
Date PublishedApril 1991
KeywordsForeign Language Translation
Abstract

For twenty years after publication the Book of Mormon was printed only in English, but during the next 127 years, 31 translations were completed, and in the past 11 years, 64 new translations have been made.
URLhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1991/04/news-of-the-church/update-translations-of-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng

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Update: Translations of the Book of Mormon

For the first 20 years after its publication in 1830, the Book of Mormon was printed only in English. During the next 127 years, 31 translations were made. That number has more than doubled in the past 11 years, with either all or part of the Book of Mormon being translated into 64 new languages. The book, or selections from it, are currently available in 79 languages.

New Translations, by Era

1: 1830–1850

31: 1851–1978

64: 1979–1990

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Ensign 21, no. 4 (April 1991)

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