Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
تسديد خانات
English translation:
valueless/void of value
Arabic term
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to Persian (Farsi), Arabic to English, English to Arabic
تسديد خانات
| 5 +1 | valueless/void of value |
Noha Kamal, PhD.
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| 5 | box-ticking |
Matthew Beeston (X)
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| 4 | checking the boxes |
Alaa Zeineldine
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| 4 | Deadwood |
Nadia Ayoub
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| 4 | twiddling thumbs |
Alexander Yeltsov
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| 4 | filling the blanks |
Mohsin Alabdali
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Oct 30, 2008 16:08: Noha Kamal, PhD. changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/953498">KHALID ALHASSAN's</a> old entry - "تسديد خانات "" to ""valueless/void of value""
Proposed translations
Quality stands out...
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
valueless/void of value
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-10-29 17:25:54 GMT)
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You can add "routine" or "chore" -- as a valueless chore/routine
Egypt
The best in IT ... and in Automotive
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, English, and 1 more.
checking the boxes
Another alternative is "filling the gaps".
They did not make a difference at work. Their work was merely checking the boxes.
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Deadwood
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadwood
One that is burdensome or superfluous.
http://www.answers.com/topic/coarse-woody-debris
The term dead wood refers to people or things which are no longer considered useful or necessary.
"The new manager wants to reduce costs by cutting out the dead wood."
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to Russian, and 1 more.
twiddling thumbs
Definition of twiddling thumbs in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of twiddling thumbs. Pronunciation of twiddling thumbs. Translations of twiddling thumbs. ...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/twiddling thumbs - 37k
filling the blanks
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-10-30 00:07:19 GMT)
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sorry for typo: solving NOT soloving
box-ticking
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Note added at 15 hrs (2008-10-30 08:56:26 GMT)
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Example sentence: their work was just box-ticking.
| your explanation is acceptable,but if we use box-ticking in translation.it will be meaningless.thanks |
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