Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 1:15:

• Kupsabiny: “A person does not straighten what is bent,
  and one cannot count what is not there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Whatever is crooked cannot be made straight,
  whatever does not exist, cannot be counted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “What is twisted you (sing.) can- not -straighten, and what is nothing you (sing.) can- not -count.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Many things that are crooked cannot be caused to become straight;
  we cannot count things that do not exist.” (Source: Translation for Translators)