> もしも僕に心があるならどうやってそれをみつければいいの

I understand the sentence translates along the lines of "If I had a heart, how
would I find it?" And I know "いい" means "good/fine/etc" but I'm not sure how
to fit that into the translation. Unless it's serving as another word I don't
know.

Thanks for the help!
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grammar translation japanese-to-english
How is いい being used in this sentence?
`conditional form (eba-form) + いい/よい` is a very common pattern which literally
means "will be good if ～", but essentially means just "can" or "should". See:
[Learn JLPT N3 Grammar: ばいい (ba
ii)](https://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n3-grammar-%E3%81%B0%E3%81%84%E3%81%84-baii/)

  * **どうやって** : how
  * **それ** : it
  * **を** : (object marker)
  * **見つければいい** : should find / can find 
    * 見つければ: conditional form of 見つける
    * いい: good
  * **の** : explanatory-の used to seek for clarification

Thus "How should/can I find it?"

Note that this pattern is so common that いい/よい may even be omitted.

>   * 何をすれば？  
>  What should I do?
>   * 行けば？  
>  Why don't you go?
>
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Yeah. I see why it's confusing as いい／良い is usually straight up "good".

どうすれば良いですか？ - how can I do this? Direct translation of Japanese is "To get a
good result, how?" This is how we'd ask for instructions.

Similarly the direct translation of

> もしも僕に心があるならどうやってそれをみつければいいの

If I have a heart, how would I get a good result of finding it.

Hope this helps.

In this particular one, it sounds like a line from lyrics, it's more like "I
can't find my soul. I don't think I have it."
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