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>ML revolutionized translation a long time ago and the demand and pay for translators went down. This is incorrect. Translators employed: 2005 - 29240 2021
by trention 4y ago
>ML revolutionized translation a long time ago and the demand and pay for translators went down.
This is incorrect.
Translators employed:
2005 - 29240
2021 - 52170
Yearly salary:
2005 - 38300
2021 - 52170
Source - BLS (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm)
Employment growth was ~79% on a US population growth of ~13.5%.
38300 2005 $ equal 52854 2021$.
So pretty much demand for translators exploded while real wages stayed flat.
- kevingadd 4y agoTranslation is not exclusively a salaried job. Most translators in the fields I'm familiar with (games and manga) are freelance contractors, and most are getting paid by the word/page, not a yearly salary. ML has depressed the rates those people earn. It's been good for the demand for editors though since they need to pay someone to fix the DeepL output up so they can release it.
- trention 4y agoUnfortunately for that line of reasoning, the hourly rate according to the BLS has also been pretty much constant in real $.