translatorThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses machine translation to help meet the massive demand for the translation of Church content. This article takes a look at some interesting facts regarding the use of this technology.

“For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language…” (D&C 90:11).

The Church maintains an impressive translation program to bring about the fulfillment of this prophecy. For example, the Book of Mormon has been translated into 109 languages and the twice-yearly general conference is interpreted into 95 languages. (See also “50 Years of Interpreting LDS General Conference.”)

Last year, the Church produced 100 million words of translated content and actively publishes in over 100 languages.

One technology the Church leverages to assist in this monumental task is machine translation. Google Translate is a simple example of machine translation. But the systems the Church uses are much more sophisticated. They don’t take the place of bi-lingual humans, but they can reduce the time required to translate by half. This helps reduce costs and increase total capacity. The Church now uses machine-assisted translation for 19 languages. 

For more information, read the article “Machine translation at the LDS Church.” If you have an interest in helping the Church translation effort, please contact Tyler Smith.


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