Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
naufragati
English translation:
all in vain / unsuccessful
Italian term
Ireland
20 yrs+ quality translations, Trados
Native in: Spanish 
, English (Variants: British, Irish, UK, US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 8 more.
naufragati
In questa fase questa situazione è nota e si è manifestatasia in ambito aziendale, sia all’esterno nei confronti dei terzi per gli inadempimenti occorsi e per i tentativi – naufragati - di raggiungere accordi liberi individuali o collettivi con i creditori.
| 4 | all in vain |
James (Jim) Davis
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| 3 +3 | unsuccesful |
Marco Solinas
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| 3 +1 | failed attempts |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 3 | futile (attempts) |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 3 | fruitless |
Fiona Grace Peterson
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Non-PRO (1): Michele Fauble
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Proposed translations
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
all in vain
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
failed attempts
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philgoddard
: See above.
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| agree |
James (Jim) Davis
: Hi Phil I personally think that "failed" is more on the nail here than unsuccessful "senza successo". If Barbara thinks the same, isn't the only way to clearly make that point to post it.
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Thanks, Jim.
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Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
futile (attempts)
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James (Jim) Davis
: futile means pointless, with no hope of success , which isn't the same as unsuccessful, which could just be unlucky. Shorter OED: "incapable of producing any result, useless, vain" quote "His whole life has been a futile striving after the impossible"
17 hrs
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It also means ineffective, ineffectual, to no avail
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Accurate, professional translations
Native in: English , Italian
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
unsuccesful
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-01-15 22:01:36 GMT)
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Right: unsuccessful.
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Michele Fauble
2 hrs
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| agree |
philgoddard
: Unsuccessful.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Lisa Jane
2 hrs
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Italy
Just what the doctor ordered
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Italian to English
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