Update: Translation of the Book of Mormon

Title

Update: Translation of the Book of Mormon

Magazine

Ensign

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1991

Authors

Ensign Staff (Corporate/Institutional)

Number of Pages

75 Date Published

April 1991

Volume

21 Issue Number

4 URL

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1991/04/news-of-the-church/update-translations-of-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng

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.

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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

Table of Contents

Magazine

Ensign 21, no. 4 (April 1991)

Pinegar, Rex D.

Subject Keywords

Foreign Language Translation

Bibliographic Citation

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