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> 驚くことはないよ、私なんか彼女が理解できたためしはない。

What i understand is : "It is not surprising! I, somehow, am unable to
understand her" ?

The only 2 "ためし" i found are : 試し. trial; test​ and 例. precedent; example​ But
i can't see what it would mean..

Thanks everyone !
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Meaning of "ためし" in this sentence
There's another ためし that fits here. Etymology from Shogakukan's 国語大辞典:

> ためし【例・様】  
>  （「た」は「手」で手本、「めし」は見せるものの意という）

Definitions and pitch accent from Daijirin:

> ためし [3] 【例・様】  
>  （１）それより以前に実際にあった事柄。れい。先例。前例。「そのような―はない」  
>  （２）手本となること。また，故事。「老たる馬ぞ道はしる，と云―あり/平家 9」

This has the same pitch accent as 試し, so verbally and in kana, you'll just
have to know both terms and figure it out from context.

Since ためし in the sample sentence would mean "past instance of something", and
since there aren't any past instances of 理解できた, a better translation might be:

> That is not surprising. I ~~do not always understand~~ **have never
> understood** her myself.
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According to the dictionary, ためし can be translated as "example", "precedent",
"case"

Examples:  
女性がそのような場所に行ったためしがあるだろうか  
Has a woman ever visited such a place?

彼は競走に勝ったためしがない  
He has never once won a race.

けんかで勝ったためしがない  
I have never won a fight.

So the translation becomes:  
私なんか彼女が理解できたためしはない。  
She has never understood me.

ためし【例／様】: 前にすでにあったこと。先例。前例。  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/例/#je-46730](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E4%BE%8B/#je-46730)  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/139035/meaning/m1u/例/](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/139035/meaning/m1u/%E4%BE%8B/)
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