Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 1:3:

• Kupsabiny: “What does a person get
  if he works hard in this world?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “In this world a man’s labor is all hard work
  and suffering, and yet what does he gain by it?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “What does a man gain from his hard-labor/work here on earth?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “What do people gain from all the work that they do here on the earth?/It seems that people gain no lasting benefit from all the work that they do here on the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)