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welche Anstrengungen auch immer die Menschen unternehmen

English translation: whatever

03:14 Aug 28, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
German term or phrase: welche Anstrengungen auch immer die Menschen unternehmen
Context: Mancher Forscher hat sie schon längst aufgegeben. Die Großen Pandas, so die These, haben keine Überlebenschance mehr, weil ihr Genpool zu klein ist. Die Bären sollen sich in einer Art evolutionären Sackgasse befinden - und wären demnach zum Aussterben verurteilt, welche Anstrengungen auch immer die Menschen unternehmen

Question: What does "welche" stand for here?

Thank you in advance!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 07:15
English translation:whatever
Explanation:
es gehört mit ...auch immer zusammen

whatever efforts people/humans may make
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Anne-Carine Zimmer
United States
Grading comment
Thank you all for kind help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6whatever
Anne-Carine Zimmer
3no matter or regardles of
Dr. Fred Thomson


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
welche Anstrengungen
whatever


Explanation:
es gehört mit ...auch immer zusammen

whatever efforts people/humans may make

Anne-Carine Zimmer
United States
Works in field
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you all for kind help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vito Smolej
18 mins
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Sounds good to me.
3 hrs
agree  Edith Kelly
3 hrs
agree  hchetty (X)
3 hrs
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
8 hrs
agree  John Speese: Me too
13 hrs
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
welche Anstrengungen
no matter or regardles of


Explanation:
No matter what people (humans) might do.
Or: regardless of what people might do

Or: no matter what we might do

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 17:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37
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