finding work in 2025

Dan Lucas wrote:

Ultimately I guess that translators who don't use MTPE will be like those who don't use CAT - the work will dry up to a trickle except in very specific niches

Vladimir Pochinov wrote:



I’ve just remembered a topic here as far back as early 2000, with one older British translator stating that he would never replace his typewriter with a PC. By the way, he used to deliver his translations by riding a bike. I don’t think he could get any international clients with his business setup.

Dan Lucas wrote:

A few months ago Jensen Huang made a statement along the lines "AI won't take your job, but somebody using AI will" (he is not the first person to make this observation). A lot of people got excited and wrote a lot of text about how this was simplistic and so on, but I think he is essentially correct. In many applications AI is a force multiplier, and those applications undoubtedly include some types of translation.

Ultimately I guess that translators who don't use MTPE will be like those who don't use CAT - the work will dry up to a trickle except in very specific niches. I have not been asked to do MTPE by my main clients but I am prepared to give it a go.

Regards,
Dan

Lingua 5B wrote:
... this progress is not always linear. It’s a curve, labyrinth, call it whatever. If the rate is dramatically reduced, for me it’s not a progress, it may be for the client though, but certainly not for me.
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People taking on MTPE projcts will see their work dry up soon too. There was one translator here almost labeling us subhumans for not using MTPE (it’s the future, take it or leave it, bla bla).

Vladimir Pochinov wrote:



This is what I call progress, whether I like it or not. You just need to decide whether you want to keep up with the times.

Lingua 5B wrote:
People taking on MTPE projcts will see their work dry up soon too.

Lingua 5B wrote:
There was one translator here almost labeling us subhumans for not using MTPE (it’s the future, take it or leave it, bla bla). He came here a while ago saying how all of his clients simply vanished.

Lingua 5B wrote:
I won’t as it’s not financially feasible.

Lingua 5B wrote:



I won’t as it’s not financially feasible. There are other places where my work is actually valued.

You may call it *progress* as much as you want.

edward o loughlin wrote:
Having sent out numerous cvs , in german and english, over the past 5 months I have not received a single reply , not to mention any job offers. I am based in Vienna Austria. Could it be that the reputed xenophobia of Austria is at work here ? Or perhaps it is AI replacing human translations...
Last year I received offers not only from Proz adverts but also by cold calling agencies. I believe my work is of high quality so I don't see why things are different now.
Can anyone enlighten me please....

Vladimir Pochinov wrote:

One of my clients laid off the entire translation department in favor of AI a year ago. That's how things stand now.

Lingua 5B wrote:

I won’t as it’s not financially feasible.

Zea_Mays wrote:



How does this work exactly? Do their employees just put copy into ChatGPT and the like, and then use the output without any checking? What type of content is this? Blog articles?

Zea_Mays wrote:


This depends on the clients you are working with.
With honest agencies, good MT output of suitable content and good translation skills (this is what matters most), you can earn much more than by translating from scratch. Right now I am working on an assignment that will earn me a month's target income in two working weeks.

Vladimir Pochinov wrote:



It's a large nonprofit catering to the needs of children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it. I assume they mostly need to translate guidance materials for their field offices in different countries.