Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 1:2:

• Kupsabiny: “This preacher is saying:
  In vain and in vain,
  Everything is in vain/empty/useless.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The Preacher says,
  "Meaningless! Meaningless!’
  Completely Meaningless,
  and everything is Meaningless."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “It has no value! Everything is really of no value!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I say that everything is mysterious;
  everything is hard for me to understand;
  it is difficult to understand why everything happens.” (Source: Translation for Translators)