Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 3:12:

• Kupsabiny: “So, the way things are, a person should be happy and do what can in the days he is still alive.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I have been caused to realize that there is nothing else that is good other than that a person does good and continues to be happy as long as he lives.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I know that the best/[lit. most good] (thing) that man can-do while he (is) still alive is to enjoy, to do good,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I know that the best thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things all during the time that we are alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)