How Joseph could translate Reformed Egyptian to English?

[_Kevin Graham]

I see more and more apologists trying to focus on the fact that Joseph Smith didn't do a "conventional" translation. Schyrver thinks he hit a home run by pointing out that Smith was the "medium not the mechanism" for the translation.

My response is SO WHAT?

The fact is he still claimed to be able to offer a literal translation of ancient documents. We now know he couldn't do that. It doesn't matter HOW he did it, the fact is he claimed to offer the same end result as anyone offering a "conventional" translation. It is the end product we are analyzng, not his "method."