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Will AI replace Interpreters and Translators?

AI reaches most of this job’s work.

84/100

Very high exposure

More exposed to AI than 100% of US workers.

AI already used in
19% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
88% of the work

What the job involves

Interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Already happening(4)

  • Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
  • Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials.
  • Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.
  • Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.

Within reach(11)

  • Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
  • Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
  • Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
  • Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.
  • Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.

and 6 more

Out of reach(2)

  • Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.
  • Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.

Also called

Court Interpreter · Deaf Interpreter · American Sign Language Interpreter (ASL Interpreter) · Medical Interpreter · Spanish Interpreter · Translator · ASL Interpreter · Interpreter

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What these numbers mean

The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.

“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.

The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.

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