Will AI replace Interpreters and Translators?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 38 mean for a Interpreters and Translators?

It means that, weighted across the 17 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 38 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language; Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information; Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Interpreters and Translators

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

Also known as: Deaf Interpreter · Arabic Translator · Court Interpreter · Braille Translator · Bilingual Secretary · Braille Transcriber

AI Task Exposure Score

High exposure

More exposed than 58% of 968 occupations · Rank #374 (1 = most exposed)

This score estimates how exposed the tasks in a role are to current and near-term AI capabilities. It does not predict whether a specific person will lose a job.

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Most exposed task

Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.

Automatable 60/100 exposure

Most durable task

Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language.

Durable 10/100 exposure

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Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.60

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials.60
Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.55
Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.55

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language.10
Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.15
Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.15

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 38 puts Interpreters and Translators in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 1 of 17 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 8 augmentable, and 8 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

$60,170median wage
52,060employed
6,900annual openings
+1.7%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

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Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

How this score was calculated

The score is the plain average of the AI-exposure values of this role’s 17 analyzed tasks (equal task weights in this release — no hidden factors):

Automatable 1 task, averaging 60/100 exposure
Augmentable 8 tasks, averaging 52/100 exposure
Durable 8 tasks, averaging 22/100 exposure

score = (1×60 + 8×52 + 8×22) ÷ 17 ≈ 38

Every task’s exposure value was scored against a published anchored rubric that scores tasks as actually performed — physical, in-person, and accountability requirements included (data release 2026.07.12-r2). The band (High) is a corpus quartile; the percentile is tie-aware across all 968 occupations.

FAQ — Interpreters and Translators

Will AI replace Interpreters and Translators?: This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.
What does a score of 38 mean for a Interpreters and Translators?: It means that, weighted across the 17 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 38 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.
Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?: The highest-exposure tasks are: Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.
Which parts of this job are most durable?: The most durable responsibilities are: Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language; Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information; Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.
Is this score personalized to me?: No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Score version jr-v1 · data release 2026.07.12-r2 · updated 2026-07-13 · baseline mapping: 17 of 17 tasks carry source-level provenance · methodology