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Translator
Machine translation is good enough for most commercial text; humans remain for nuance and liability.
Replacement risk
84%
Mostly gone by
2030
Runway left
4 yrs
Very high chance of replacement
The ten-question breakdown
Each factor is scored 0–100. Higher means easier to automate.
Scoring the ten factors for this job…
What you can do now
- Specialise in literary, legal or marketing transcreation
- Offer post-editing at scale with subject-matter expertise
- Move into localisation management and cultural consulting
Where to move next
- Transcreation specialist
- Localisation manager
- Interpreter