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Book of Mormon translation: Italian

Elder Lorenzo Snow organized the Italian mission in 1850 and supervised the translation of the Book of Mormon into the Italian language. "Il Libro di Mormon" was... Read more »

Feb. 25, 2012

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Book of Mormon translation in Portuguese came soon after new mission

The first translation of the Book of Mormon into Portuguese was published in 1939 when the LDS Church in Brazil had few members. Read more »

Feb. 24, 2012

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A classic dilemma: The translation of the Book of Mormon into Japanese

Literary Japanese was at a crossroads when four missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived in Tokyo Bay in August of 1901. Read more »

Feb. 24, 2012

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Book of Mormon translation in Spanish: Help from above to make it right

Around 1874, Daniel Webster Jones and Mileton G. Trejo began translating the Book of Mormon into Spanish. The first complete translation was completed in 1886 by... Read more »

Feb. 23, 2012

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Translating the Book of Mormon into Korean was a 'choice blessing' for Elder Han In Sang

As a young missionary in Korea, Elder Han In Sang was assigned the task of translating the Book of Mormon into the Korean language. Read more »

Feb. 23, 2012

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Book of Mormon translation: Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands span multiple languages and a variety of translation stories. From Tongan to Maori, from as early as the 1840s through today, translating the Book... Read more »

Feb. 22, 2012

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