<tr id="linguist7">
            <td valign="middle">
                <div class="checkbox check-default">
                    <input id="checkbox7" name="linguistCheckbox[]" type=
                    "checkbox" value="fsh5ge4egrsgs/*/German/*/Italian">
                </div>
            </td>

            <td valign="middle"><a href=
            "javascript:void();"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Joe
            Bloggs&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>

            <td valign="middle"><span class="muted">German into
            Italian</span></td>

            <td><span class="muted">EUR 50</span></td>

            <td valign="middle">
                <div class="progress">
                    <div class=
                    "progress-bar progress-bar-success animate-progress-bar"
                    data-percentage="90%" style="width:90%;"></div>
                </div>
            </td>
        </tr>

$selectedLinguists = $_POST['linguistCheckbox'];
var_dump($selectedLinguists);

<?php
$linguistCheckbox = $_POST['linguistCheckbox'];
var_dump($linguistCheckbox);
?>

<form method="post">
    <table>
        <tr id="linguist7">
            <td valign="middle">
                <div class="checkbox check-default">
                    <input id="checkbox7" name="linguistCheckbox[]" type=
                    "checkbox" value="fsh5ge4egrsgs/*/German/*/Italian">
                </div>
            </td>

            <td valign="middle"><a href=
            "javascript:void();"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Joe
            Bloggs&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>

            <td valign="middle"><span class="muted">German into
            Italian</span></td>

            <td><span class="muted">EUR 50</span></td>

            <td valign="middle">
                <div class="progress">
                    <div class=
                    "progress-bar progress-bar-success animate-progress-bar"
                    data-percentage="90%" style="width:90%;"></div>
                </div>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <input type="submit">
</form>