Translation examples
- Ce sera peine perdue je le crains. - Pourquoi ?
A wasted effort I'm afraid.
C'était une peine perdue d'interroger M. Eddington, madame.
Mmm. It was a wasted exercise interviewing Mr. Eddington, madam.
- C'était peine perdue.
Come on, that would be a waste.
Ce sera peine perdue, madame la colonelle :
It is a waste of time, madame.
- Même petit, c'était peine perdue.
- Even when I was a kid, it was a waste of time.
Mais là, c'est peine perdue.
But it's a waste of time.
- C'est peine perdue !
- It's a waste!