Editing Book of Mormon (section)

==Editions==

=== Chapter and verse notation systems ===
The original 1830 publication had no verses (breaking the text into [[paragraph]]s instead). [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]' (LDS Church) 1852 [[Edition (book)|edition]] numbered the paragraphs.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions" /> [[Orson Pratt]], an [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|apostle]] of the denomination, divided the text into shorter chapters, organized it into verses, and added [[paratext]]ual footnotes.{{Sfn|Gutjahr|2019|p=94}}  In 1920, the LDS Church published a new edition edited by apostle [[James E. Talmage]], who reformatted the text into double columns, imitating the prevailing format of Bibles in the United States.{{Sfn|Gutjahr|2019|p=96}} The next new Latter-day saint edition of the book was published in 1981; this edition added new chapter summaries and [[cross reference]]s.{{Sfn|Gutjahr|2019|p=101}}

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church; later renamed to [[Community of Christ]]) also published editions of the Book of Mormon.{{Sfn|Stocks|1989|p=59}} It printed editions at [[Plano, Illinois]] and [[Lamoni, Iowa]] in 1874.{{Sfn|Scherer|2001|p=47n16}} In 1892, the church published a [[large-print]] edition that split the original edition's paragraphs into shorter ones.{{Sfn|Stocks|1989|p=66}} From 1906 to 1908, Reversification Committee appointed by the RLDS Church revised its Book of Mormon text based on manuscript comparison and also reformatted it into shorter verses (though it retained the original chapter lengths); the RLDS Church published this version as the Revised Authorized edition, printing it beginning in April 1909.{{Sfn|Stocks|1989|pp=67–71}}

===Church editions===
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| [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
| 1981
| ''The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ''.<ref>The revised text was first published in 1981 and the subtitle was added in October 1982: {{cite journal |last= Packer |first= Boyd K. |author-link= Boyd K. Packer |date=November 1982 |title= Scriptures |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1982/11/scriptures | journal= [[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] |quote= You should know also that by recent decision of the Brethren the Book of Mormon will henceforth bear the title 'The Book of Mormon,' with the subtitle 'Another Testament of Jesus Christ.' }}</ref> New introductions, chapter summaries, and footnotes. 1920 edition errors corrected based on original manuscript and 1840 edition.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions">{{cite encyclopedia|year=1992|title=Book of Mormon Editions (1830–1981)|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]]|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan Publishing]]|url=https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Book_of_Mormon_Editions_(1830-1981)|last=Skousen|first=Royal|author-link=Royal Skousen|editor-last=Ludlow|editor-first=Daniel H|editor-link=Daniel H. Ludlow|pages=175–176|isbn=978-0-02-879602-4|oclc=24502140}}</ref> Updated in a revised edition in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 29, 2021|title=2013 Updates to the Book of Mormon|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXfeAo_G3qg|url-status=live|access-date=January 2, 2022|website=Book of Mormon Editions|publisher=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103014939/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXfeAo_G3qg&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=January 3, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="2013Edition">{{Cite journal|date=April 2013|title=Church Releases New Edition of English Scriptures in Digital Formats|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2013/04/news-of-the-church/church-releases-new-edition-of-english-scriptures-in-digital-formats?lang=eng|url-status=live|journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120144412/https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2013/04/news-of-the-church/church-releases-new-edition-of-english-scriptures-in-digital-formats?lang=eng|archive-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>
| [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/title-page?lang=eng link]
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| [[Community of Christ]]
| 1966
| "Revised Authorized Version", based on 1908 Authorized Version, 1837 edition and original manuscript.<ref name="ReeveParshall2010">{{cite book|author2-link=Ardis E. Parshall|author1-link=W. Paul Reeve|last1=Reeve|first1=W. Paul|last2=Parshall|first2=Ardis E.|title=Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia: A Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BI7dNT5NdmIC&pg=PA74|access-date=2018-03-24|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598841084|page=74|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Omits numerous repetitive "it came to pass" phrases.
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| [[The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)]]
| 2001
| Compiled by a committee of [[Quorum of Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite))|Apostles]]. It uses the chapter and verse designations from the 1879 LDS edition.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
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| [[Church of Christ with the Elijah Message]]
| 1957
| ''The Record of the Nephites'', "Restored Palmyra Edition". 1830 text with the 1879 LDS edition's chapters and verses.
| [http://www.elijahmessage.net/Nephite_Record.html link]
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| [[Church of Christ (Temple Lot)]]
| 1990
| Based on 1908 RLDS edition, 1830 edition, printer's manuscript, and corrections by church leaders.
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021174453/http://www.churchofchrist-tl.org/PDFs/Downloads/Web%201990%20BOOK%20OF%20MORMON.pdf link]
|-
|[[Fellowships of the remnants]]
|2019
|Based on Joseph Smith's last personally-updated 1840 version, with revisions per [[Denver Snuffer Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Preface to the Book of Mormon |url=http://scriptures.info/scriptures/bofm/bompreface |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref> Distributed jointly with the [[New Testament]], in a volume called the "New Covenants".
|[http://scriptures.info/scriptures/nc link]
|}

=== Other editions ===
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! Year
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| [[Herald Heritage]]
| 1970
| Facsimile of the 1830 edition.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
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|[[Macmillan Inc.|Macmillan]]
|1992
|''[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]]''. The ''Encyclopedia''<nowiki/>'s fifth volume includes the full text of the Book of Mormon, as well as the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fales |first=Susan L. |date=Fall 1992 |title=''Encyclopedia of Mormonism'' |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25829209 |journal=RQ |type=review |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=111–112 |jstor=25829209 |issn=0033-7072}}</ref> There are brief introductions but no footnotes or indices (an index to the ''Encyclopedia'' is found in its fourth volume).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Poll |first=Richard D. |date=Fall 1992 |title=''Encyclopedia of Mormonism: The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedure of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23286410 |journal=Journal of Mormon History |type=review |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=205–213 |jstor=23286410 |issn=0094-7342 }}</ref> The ''Encyclopedia'', including the volume containing the Book of Mormon, is no longer in print.<ref>{{Cite archival metadata|author=|title=Encyclopedia of Mormonism: About|url=https://lib.byu.edu/collections/encyclopedia-of-mormonism/about/|repository=BYU Library Digital Collections|date=|accessdate=January 2, 2023}}</ref>
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| Zarahemla Research Foundation
| 1999
| ''The Book of Mormon: Restored Covenant Edition''. Text from Original and Printer's Manuscripts, in poetic layout.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Johnson, D. Lynn |year=2000 |title=The Restored Covenant Edition of the Book of Mormon – Text Restored to Its Purity? |url=http://ispart.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=12&num=2&id=352 |url-status=dead |journal=[[FARMS Review]] |volume=12 |issue=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016225509/http://ispart.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=12 |archive-date=2008-10-16 |access-date=2009-02-12}}</ref>
| [http://www.restoredcovenant.org/RCE.asp?CAT=RCE link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527221012/http://www.restoredcovenant.org/RCE.asp?CAT=RCE |date=May 27, 2009 }}
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| [[Bookcraft]]
| 1999
| ''The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families''. Large print with visuals and explanatory notes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Flinders |first1=Rebecca M. |last2=Fairchild |first2=Anne B. |date=2003 |title=Scriptures for Families |journal=FARMS Review |type=review |volume=15 |pages=431–434 |doi=10.5406/farmsreview.15.1.0431 |via=Scholarly Publishing Collective |s2cid=185748061}}</ref>
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| [[University of Illinois Press]]
| 2003
| ''The Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition''. The text of the 1920 LDS edition reformatted into paragraphs and poetic stanzas and accompanied by some footnotes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ellwood |first=Robert |date=August 2008 |title=''The Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition''. Edited by Grant Hardy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2008.12.1.130 |journal=Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=130–131 |doi=10.1525/nr.2008.12.1.130 |jstor=10.1525/nr.2008.12.1.130 |postscript=; }} {{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Samuel Morris |date=January 27, 2012 |title=Five Best: Samuel Morris Brown |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203462304577136340783641140 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815165151/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203462304577136340783641140 |archive-date=August 15, 2022}} Ellwood gives the publication date of the edition as 2005; this refers to the paperback edition of the ''Reader's Edition''. The hardcover was published in 2003, as Brown writes.</ref>
| [https://books.google.com/books?id=wbSqttrggZIC&pg=PP1 link]
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| [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
| 2004
| ''The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ''. Text from the LDS edition without footnotes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Carrie A. |date=November 11, 2004 |title=Doubleday Book of Mormon is on the way |work=[[Deseret News]] |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,595104489,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513064112/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,595104489,00.html |archive-date=May 13, 2010}}</ref> A second edition was printed in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Carrie A. |date=November 9, 2007 |title=Intro change in Book of Mormon spurs discussion |work=[[Deseret News]] |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695226049,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108063458/http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695226049,00.html |archive-date=January 8, 2009}}</ref>
|[[iarchive:bookofmormon00jose 1|link]]
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|[[Signature Books]]
|2008
|''The Reader's Book of Mormon''. Text from the 1830 edition with its original paragraphing and without versification. Published in seven volumes, each introduced with a personal essay on the portion of the Book of Mormon contained.<ref name="Hardy-2009">{{Cite journal |last=Hardy |first=Grant |author-link=Grant Hardy |date=2009 |title=Two More Waves |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1778&context=msr |format=PDF |journal=FARMS Review |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=133–152 |issn=1550-3194 |via=BYU ScholarsArchive}}</ref>
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| [[Penguin Books]]
| 2008
| ''The Book of Mormon''. [[Penguin Classics]] series. Paperback with 1840 text,<ref name="Hardy-2009" /> "the last edition that Smith himself edited."{{Sfn|Maffly-Kipp|2008|p=xxxi}}
|[[iarchive:bookofmormon0000unse a5g8|link]]
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| [[Yale University Press]]
| 2009
| ''The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text''. Joseph Smith's dictated text with corrections from [[Royal Skousen]]'s study of more than five thousand textual variances across manuscripts and editions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Frederick |first=Nicholas J. |date=2022 |title='It Is Not an Easy Task, but It Cannot Be Avoided': On the Contribution of Royal Skousen |url= |department=Roundtable Discussion: The Present of Book of Mormon Studies |journal=[[Journal of Book of Mormon Studies]] |volume=31 |pages=152–175 |doi=10.14321/23744774.37.08 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |via=Scholarly Publishing Collective}}</ref>
| [https://books.google.com/books?id=680cn0KpjVMC&pg=PP1 link]
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|The Olive Leaf Foundation
|2017
|''A New Approach To Studying The Book Of Mormon''. The complete text of the 1981 edition organized in paragraphs and poetic stanzas, annotated with marginal notes, and divided into event-based chaptering.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Folkman |first=Kevin |title=Rosenvall and Rosenvall, 'A New Approach to Studying the Book of Mormon' |url=https://www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/older-reviews/rosenvall-and-rosenvall-a-new-approach-to-studying-the-book-of-mormon-reviewed-by-kevin-folkman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721044208/https://www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/older-reviews/rosenvall-and-rosenvall-a-new-approach-to-studying-the-book-of-mormon-reviewed-by-kevin-folkman/ |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=Dawning of a Brighter Day |date=October 9, 2018 |publisher=[[Association for Mormon Letters]]}}</ref>
|[http://www.studythescriptures.com/bookofmormon.html link]
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| [[Maxwell Institute|Neal A. Maxwell Institute]]
| 2018
| ''The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Maxwell Institute Study Edition.'' Text from the church's 1981 and 2013 editions reformatted into paragraphs and poetic stanzas. Selected textual variants discovered in the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project appear in footnotes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Austin |first=Michael |date=Summer 2019 |title=Reasonably Good Tidings of Greater-than-Average Joy: Grant Hardy, ed. ''The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Maxwell Institute Study Edition'' |url=https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/reasonably-good-tidings-of-greater-than-average-joy-grant-hardy-ed-the-book-of-mormon-another-testament-of-jesus-christ-maxwell-institute-study-edition/ |journal=[[Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought]] |type=review |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=173–181 |doi=10.5406/dialjmormthou.52.2.0173 |s2cid=246628409|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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| Digital Legend Press
| 2018
| ''Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon''. Text from the 1920 edition footnoted and organized in paragraphs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Sherry Ann |title=Hocking, et al, 'Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon' |url=https://www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/older-reviews/hocking-et-al-annotated-edition-of-the-book-of-mormon-reviewed-by-sherry-ann-miller-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606014050/https://www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/older-reviews/hocking-et-al-annotated-edition-of-the-book-of-mormon-reviewed-by-sherry-ann-miller-2/ |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=Dawning of a Brighter Day |publisher=[[Association for Mormon Letters]]}}</ref>
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|}

===Historic editions===
The following editions no longer in publication marked major developments in the text or reader's helps printed in the Book of Mormon.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Publisher
!Year
!Titles and notes
!Link
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| [[E. B. Grandin]]
| 1830
| "First edition" in [[Palmyra (town), New York|Palmyra]]. Based on printer's manuscript copied from original manuscript.
| [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmormonacco1830smit#page/n3/mode/2up link]
|-
| [[Parley P. Pratt|Pratt]] and [[John Goodson|Goodson]]
| 1837
| "Second edition" in [[Kirtland, Ohio|Kirtland]]. Revision of first edition, using the printer's manuscript with emendations and grammatical corrections.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/>
|[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-mormon-1837/7 link]
|-
| Ebenezer Robinson and [[Don Carlos Smith|Smith]]
| 1840
| "Third edition" in [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo]]. Revised by Joseph Smith{{Sfn|Maffly-Kipp|2008|p=xxxi}} in comparison to the original manuscript.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/>
| [https://archive.org/stream/bookmormon01smitgoog#page/n4/mode/2up link]
|-
| [[Brigham Young|Young]], [[Heber C. Kimball|Kimball]] and [[Parley P. Pratt|Pratt]]
| 1841
| "First European edition". 1837 reprint with British spellings.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/> Future LDS editions descended from this, not the 1840 edition.<ref>{{cite book |author=Crawley, Peter |title=A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, Volume One 1830–1847 |page=151 |year=1997 |publisher=[[Religious Studies Center]], [[Brigham Young University]]  |isbn=978-1-57008-395-2 |url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/rsc,3772 |access-date=2009-02-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611230856/http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?%2Frsc%2C3772 |archive-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref>
|[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-mormon-1841/5 link]
|-
|[[Joseph Smith|Joseph Smith Jr.]]
|1842
|"Fourth American edition" in [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo]]. A reprint of the 1840 edition. [https://www.wordsofeternal.life/1842-bofm-facsimiles.html Facsimiles of an original 1842 edition.]
|
|-
| [[Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)|Franklin D. Richards]]
| 1852
| "Third European edition". Edited by Richards. Introduced primitive verses (numbered paragraphs).<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/>
| [https://archive.org/stream/bookmormon00smitgoog#page/n10/mode/2up link]
|-
| James O. Wright
| 1858
| Unauthorized reprinting of 1840 edition. Used by the early [[RLDS Church]] in 1860s.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/>
| [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmormon00smit#page/n3/mode/2up link]
|-
| [[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]]
| 1874
| First RLDS edition. 1840 text with verses.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/>
| [https://books.google.com/books?id=gmcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 link]
|-
| [[Deseret News]]
| 1879
| Edited by [[Orson Pratt]]. Introduced footnotes, new verses, and shorter chapters.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/>
| [https://books.google.com/books?id=T1lNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 link]
|-
| [[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]]
| 1908
| "Authorized Version". New verses and corrections based on printer's manuscript.<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/>
| [http://www.centerplace.org/hs/bm/ link]
|-
| [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
| 1920
| Edited by [[James E. Talmage]]. Added introductions, double columns, chapter summaries, new footnotes,<ref name="EoM-BoM-Editions"/> pronunciation guide.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Woodger, Mary Jane |year=2000 |title=How the Guide to English Pronunciation of Book of Mormon Names Came About |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1240&context=jbms |url-status=live |journal=[[Journal of Book of Mormon Studies]] |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=52–79 |jstor=44758906 |s2cid=193750034 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223191452/http://farms.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9 |archive-date=2008-12-23 |access-date=2009-02-21}}</ref>
| [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmormonanac027933mbp#page/n3/mode/2up link]
|}

=== Non-English translations ===
[[File:Book of Mormon translations.jpg|upright|right|thumb|Translations of the Book of Mormon]]
{{See also|List of Book of Mormon translations}}
The Latter-day Saints version of the Book of Mormon has been translated into 83 languages and selections have been translated into an additional 25 languages. In 2001, the LDS Church reported that all or part of the Book of Mormon was available in the native language of 99 percent of [[Latter-day Saints]] and 87 percent of the world's total population.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2001/07/taking-the-scriptures-to-the-world |title= Taking the Scriptures to the World |journal= Ensign |date=July 2001 |page= 24}}</ref>

Translations into languages without a tradition of writing (e.g., [[Kaqchikel language|Kaqchikel]], [[Tzotzil language|Tzotzil]]) have been published as audio recordings and as transliterations with Latin characters.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 22, 2016|title=Mayan Language Scriptures Online in Audio & Text|url=https://lds365.com/2016/01/22/mayan-language-scriptures-online-in-audio-text/|url-status=live|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=LDS365|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014024009/https://lds365.com/2016/01/22/mayan-language-scriptures-online-in-audio-text/ |archive-date=October 14, 2018 }}</ref> Translations into [[American Sign Language]] are available as video recordings.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2019|title=Church Resources in American Sign Language (ASL)|url=https://lds365.com/2019/08/26/church-resources-in-american-sign-language-asl-2/|url-status=live|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=LDS365|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014113116/https://lds365.com/2019/08/26/church-resources-in-american-sign-language-asl-2/ |archive-date=October 14, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilding-Diaz|first=Minnie Mae|date=1991|title=The American Sign Language Translation of the Book of Mormon: Linguistic and Cultural Considerations|url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/dlls/vol17/iss1/6/|journal=Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium|volume=17|pages=33–36|via=BYU ScholarsArchive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dockstader|first=Julie A.|date=June 10, 1995|title=Book of Mormon Available in Sign Language|work=[[Church News]]|url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archives/1995-06-10/book-of-mormon-available-in-sign-language-136647|access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref>

Typically, translators are Latter-day Saints who are employed by the church and translate the text from the original English. Each manuscript is reviewed several times before it is approved and published.<ref name="NewsOfTheChurch">{{Cite journal|date=February 2005|title=Translation Work Taking Book of Mormon to More People in More Tongues|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2005/02/news-of-the-church/translation-work-taking-book-of-mormon-to-more-people-in-more-tongues.html?lang=eng|department=News of the Church|journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]]}}</ref>

In 1998, the church stopped translating selections from the Book of Mormon and announced that instead each new translation it approves will be a full edition.<ref name=NewsOfTheChurch/>