Editing Book of Mormon (section)

=== 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/>