Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 11:2:
- Kankanaey: “When they journeyed then to go to the place of the coming-out of the sun, there-was a wide plain at Sinar which they arrived-at and they resided there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When they went, proceeding eastward, they arrived at a plain in the country of Assyria. And they settled there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “While the people were-transferring for a place-to-live eastward, they were-able-to-reach a plain in the place of Shinar, and there they lived.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
