滥竽充数的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
sham/an ancient Chinese reed instrument like a pipe/pass off/number
to pass oneself off as one of the players in an ensemble

[解释]
比喻无本领的人冒充有本领，用次货冒充好货。

[Explanation]
to be there just to make up the number

[例子]
他的这篇论文是滥竽充数的，我们不能把它选进最终的论文集。

[Example]
His paper is there just to make up the number, and we shall not let it be in our final proceedings.

be there just to make up the number

merely make up the number;Hold a position without qualification
滥竽充数

A bad teacher,hairdresser,poet,etc
滥竽充数的教师、理发师、诗人等

She is a sorry apology for an actor.'
她是个滥竽充数的演员。

The scientific research personnel who held the post without qualification must be transferred to another post.
必须把滥竽充数的科研人员调到其他工作岗位上去。