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JLPT N2
Edit  赤毛
たところで
Meaning
even if you do... it will not result to..
Nothing will change even if I asked advice from my friend.
〜してもよい結果にはならない; 期待できない
Edit  赤毛
Formation
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Phrases
ゆうじんにそうだんしたところで、おなじだろう。
Nothing will change even if I asked advice from my friend.
Edit  #5505 eastmael
けんかしたところでどうにもならないだろ。
Fighting won't do any good. ( Even if you fight...)
Edit  #5507 blabby
がんがんがはいまでひろがっている。しゅじゅつしたところで、たすからない。
The cancer has spread to the lungs. Even if we operate now, there is no hope.
Edit  #5508 blabby
タクシーでおこなったところで、もうまにあわない
Even if I take a taxi, I won't make it.
Edit  #5740 Alfredo
きみがいくらばなしをしたところでわたしをなっとくさせることはできないよ。
You can talk until you're blue in the face, but you'll never convince me.
Edit  #5746 Paul
いくらはなしあったところで、このもんだいをかいけつすることはできません。
Despite having discussed it many times, I cannot solve this problem.
Edit  #6958 赤毛
もともとべんきょうするきがないのなら、だいがくをうけてみたところでなにのいみがあるのか。
If by nature you don't have interest in studying, even if you intended to take the university entry exam, does it make sense?
Edit  #6959 赤毛
どんなにいっしょうけんめいはたらいたところで、せいかつはらくにならないだろうとおもう。
Even if I worked with utmost effort, I think that the daily existence wouldn't become easier.
Edit  #6960 赤毛
Discussion and comments
#5505 has redundant kana?

I have heard this grammar used a lot right at the point where the speaker gives up in a hopeless situation. Simlar to saying "Even if ... it's too late."

The sentence usually ends in 〜ない or words such as 無理だ or 無駄だ。
blabby
updated. tnx. :)
eastmael
ところで also means "by the way" which you use in trying to change the subject. ところで、あの件はどうなったの?
bamboo4
The 'た' can be from any past tense verb so it could equally be だ from 読んだ and such.
Paul
What's the difference between this grammar and ~ても (~te mo)?
yookoso
This is listed as JLPT L2. However, it wasn't included in my L2 test book. I first saw it in my N1 grammar book.
TnT