vijayjohn wrote:所以这次我争取不用马拉雅拉姆语和英语而用德语和普通话写一个帖子。
You could use 尝试 for "try".
争取 implies that for you it's difficult to write German and Mandarin* and that you have few chances to do, or that somebody or something prevents you to do it, so you do all the possible to do it.
*although 写普通话 sounds weird. I would say 中文 or 汉语.