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Interpreters and Translators
Interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.Mostly human for now
- 02Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.AI could speed this up a lot
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss43%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
88%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 100% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps writers and editors use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.