Jerry Johnston on MormonTimes.com: Translation a daunting endeavor
In the lead paragraph of Lynn Arave's story on translations of the Bible, he says the it has been translated into more than 2,400 languages.
That's a real eye-catcher.
It's also 2,375 more languages than I can even name.
And as someone who speaks Spanish and has tried his feeble hand at translation, my hat is off to every man, woman and child who made it happen.
Translators, I'm convinced, are the hidden heroes of modern religion.
Read the full column on MormonTimes.com.
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