Neville proposes that Smith translated the plates through the Nephite interpreters, using his own vocabulary under revelatory guidance. His Demonstration Hypothesis treats the observed stone-in-a-hat sessions as demonstrations of translation rather than the actual translation, with later witnesses conflating the two.
- Jonathan E. Neville, “A Man That Can Translate and Infinite Goodness: A Response to Recent Reviews,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 171–184.
he translated the plates using his own lexicon while guided by revelation