in vain

It would seem that their efforts had been in vain.
Il semblerait que leurs efforts avaient été vains.
My work on a report will therefore be in vain.
Mon travail sur un rapport sera donc vain.
Complaints and appeals by the union have been in vain.
Les plaintes et les recours des syndicats ont été vains.
Without that, all attempts to establish security will be in vain.
Sans cela, toutes les tentatives d'assurer la sécurité seront vaines.
Your work and your sacrifices were not in vain.
Votre travail et vos sacrifices n’ont pas été vains.
Without this disposition, all of our efforts will be in vain.
Sans cette attitude, tous nos efforts seront vains.
But the past decade has not been in vain.
Mais la dernière décennie n’a pas été vaine.
Our efforts are not in vain and we are making progress.
Nos efforts ne sont pas vains ; nous progressons.
But these efforts have not been in vain.
Mais ces efforts n'ont pas été vains.
Unfortunately, all such efforts have been in vain.
Malheureusement, tous ces efforts ont été vains.
I know it is in vain to dispute with you.
Je sais qu'il est vain d'argumenter avec vous.
That our pain - collective and vast - has never been in vain.
Que notre douleur, collective et immense, n'a jamais été vaine.
Yet all these human efforts were in vain.
Mais tous ces efforts humains furent vains.
Their sacrifice cannot be allowed to have been in vain.
Il ne faut pas que leur sacrifice ait été vain.
Do not let our supplication be in vain!
Ne permets pas que notre supplication soit vaine !
But all those sacrifices were not in vain.
Mais tous ces sacrifices n’étaient pas vains.
If this is so then all will not have been in vain.
Si c'est le cas, tout cela n'aura pas été vain.
May their sacrifice not have been in vain!
Que leur sacrifice n'ait pas été vain !
They soon learned that this hope was in vain.
Ils s'aperçurent vite que cet espoir était vain.
But once again all my efforts were in vain.
Mais à nouveau mes efforts furent vains.
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