Translation for "vainly attempted" to french
Translation examples
In Malaysia, the Penan people had vainly attempted to prevent the deforestation of their land, from which Japan alone had extracted almost twice as many cubic metres of timber in 1991 as in 1987.
En Malaisie, les Penans ont tenté en vain d'empêcher la déforestation de leurs terres, d'où les Japonais ont à eux seuls extrait près de deux fois plus de mètres cubes de bois d'oeuvre en 1991 qu'en 1987.
For six years, the Government of India had been vainly attempting to suppress the Kashmiri freedom struggle by brute force.
Depuis six ans, le Gouvernement indien tente en vain de mettre fin par la force, uniquement par la force, au combat de la liberté des Kashmiris.
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