I personally know several translators. Most of them either already left the field or are considering it. Freelance/contract work with lots of time pressure, lo

I personally know several translators. Most of them either already left the field or are considering it. Freelance/contract work with lots of time pressure, low pay and no benefits is the norm. With ML translations becoming better, much of the work is reduced to manually patching up whatever Google Translate spits out. Which of course is used as justification for further lowering the pay. The only somewhat happy ones landed a good gig at international institutions like the UN or EU, but that comes with extremely boring material. Pay well and there will be plenty qualified applicants with the relevant degrees.