Will AI take my translator / interpreter job?

Creative · SOC 27-3091
36
/ 100
AI-Proof Score · creative

Translator / Interpreter

Exposed
In 1 year
32
↓ 4 pts
In 3 years
26
↓ 10 pts
In 5 years
21
↓ 15 pts

Tasks at risk

  • First-pass document translation
  • Subtitle generation
  • Routine business correspondence

AI-resistant skills to build

  • Live conference interpretation
  • Legal and medical certified interpretation
  • Cultural and idiomatic editorial judgment

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What this score means for Translator / Interpreter.

The Translator / Interpreter role is in the exposed band. A meaningful share of what entry-level practitioners do today is being automated. The role itself isn't going away on a 5-year horizon, but the path into it is changing faster than most professional bodies acknowledge. Specialization and the durable human-judgment layer are where the next decade of compensation lives. Over the next 5 years the score is projected to drift down by 15 points based on the creative vertical's drift rate. Quarterly recomputes track the actual change.

The four signals.

Eloundou α
50%
Tasks an LLM can do directly.
Eloundou β
85%
Tasks reachable via LLM-powered software.
Index intensity
60/100
How heavily real users deploy AI on this work today.
Automation share
55%
Of that usage, the share that is replacement vs assistance.

All four are weighted into the composite. See the formula →

What to do this quarter.

The single highest-leverage move for someone in this role this quarter:

An LLM as a research and outline partner (not as the final writer).

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Sources for this score.