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Creative & Media · Updated Aug 2026

Interpreters and Translators

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

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
65/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
54/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage88%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.High
74
Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.High
72
Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.High
73
Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.High
72
Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.High
75
Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.High
74
Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.High
74
Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.High
73
Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.High
58
Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.High
74
Discuss translation requirements with clients and determine any fees to be charged for services provided.Medium
65
Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.High
18
Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters.Medium
50
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.75
  2. Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.74
  3. Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.74
  4. Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.74
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.01
  2. Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters.02
  3. Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.03
  4. Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.04
  5. Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency70
Physical dependency32
Adoption pressure43
Labour-market resilience61
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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