English term
Saudi Arabia
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Native in: Arabic
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personality-less drones
Apr 9, 2020 18:41: Ebrahim Mohammed changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Proposed translations
Germany
professional and timely manner
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Tunisian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni, Saudi , UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Algerian, Jordanian) 
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موظفين بأعمال رتيبة / أشخاص رتيبين بلا شحصية / أشخاص مملين بلا شحصية
drone noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. figurative (person: does tedious work) موظف بعمل رتيب
The department has three managers and about forty drones.
https://www.wordreference.com/enar/drone
drone viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." (talk monotonously, boringly) يتكلم بشكل رتيب ممل
Ted is droning about early European history again.
https://www.wordreference.com/enar/drone
The definition of a drone is someone who follows a schedule and doesn't change it. An example of a drone is a low-level businessman who is into work by 6am and doesn't leave until 6pm.
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/drone
Like animals and machines, people drone too, their voices sounding dull and tedious: "When my history teacher drones on, it's hard to stay awake."
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/drone
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-09 19:34:23 GMT)
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drone:
a boring, uninteresting person.
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/drone
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-09 19:50:28 GMT)
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there is a sense of being boring and uninteresting here that should be conveyed; the meaning is they transformed from teenagers full of energy, playfulness and dynamic life spirit into very boring people.
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-09 19:55:55 GMT)
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correction: بلا شخصية
United Arab Emirates
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Saudi , UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Egyptian)
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متطفلين عديمي الشصخية- متطفلين بلا شخصية
drone: one that lives on the labors of others : PARASITE
https://www.definitions.net/definition/personalityless
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drone
Morocco
Literature,Marketing & Legal Translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Moroccan, UAE, Kuwaiti, Najdi, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Hassaniya) , Berber (Other) (Variants: Standard Moroccan Tamazight, Tarifit , Tashelhit , Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight ) 
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أشخاص عديمي الشخصية
ترى أندريا أن أصدقائها يتحولون ببطء من مراهقين عاديين إلى أشخاص عدبمي الشخصية
آلات مُسـيَّرة عديمة الشخصية
Of course, in other contexts, "drone" would have different meanings. It is a fascinating word.
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Ebrahim Mohammed
: If I allow myself to contradict you Mr.Yahya, there is a sense of being boring and uninteresting here that should be conveyed; the meaning is they transformed from teenagers full of energy, playfulness and dynamic life spirit into very boring people
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I welcome your input, Ebrahim, anytime. I think that آلات مُسـيًّرة does in fact convey the sense of being uninteresting and undifferentiated -- and the reason why: they have become automatons, as if made by Apple or Intel, all predictable, all the same.
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Egypt
legal translator
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مسلوبى الارادة
هم اشخاص بلا نخوة
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