AI job risk: Writing

Will AI replace translators?

Our AI risk score for translators is 78 out of 100: high risk.

78

High risk

The verdict

Big changes are already under way and most of the routine work could be automated by about 2030.

What AI already does

Machine translation is now good enough for most everyday text, menus, manuals and emails.

What stays human

Literary, legal and marketing work where nuance and liability matter, and live interpreting in sensitive settings.

What to learn next

Post-editing, transcreation, a specialist field such as law or medicine.

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Other writing jobs

Safer moves from translators: writers and authors (50), journalists (55).

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Sources: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025; IMF, "Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work" (2024); ILO, "Generative AI and Jobs" (2023, updated 2025); Eloundou et al., "GPTs are GPTs" (2023); Frey and Osborne, "The Future of Employment" (2013). Scores are RoboDoom's own estimates, see how we score.

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