Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 2:12:

• Kupsabiny: “Before any girl who had been made to live in that house of women would go to meet the king, she was required to prepare/beautify herself for one year. In the first six months of that year, she was required/supposed to be smearing herself with a sweet smelling oil/perfume, and in the other six months that would follow/next, she would continue to smear herself with other oils/perfumes which would make the body smooth/soft.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Before a woman would be taken to the great king Ahasuerus, she would be given [a supply] of various cosmetics for up to a year, for instance, for up to six months oil of myrrh would be applied, and for up to six months perfume and oil would also be applied. Then, one at a time, turn by turn, [they] would be taken to the great king’s place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Before a woman is-caused-to-face the king she should had-completed first one year (procedure) of becoming-beautiful: for a period/[lit. inside] of six months she is-to-rub her body with myrrh oil, and for a period/[lit. inside] of another six months she is-to-put her body with perfume and some other kinds of that-which-causes-beautifying.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “All the women had to spend a year in that house before they were taken to King Xerxes. For six months they were massaged with oil of myrrh. And for six more months they rubbed things on them to make them beautiful and also sweet smelling perfume.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Before these women were taken to the king, they put ointments on the bodies of these women for one year to make them more beautiful. For six months they rubbed olive oil mixed with myrrh on their bodies each day. For the next six months they rubbed ointments and perfumes on their bodies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)