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> [machine translation] absolutely decimated the translation industry Do you know of a good source for this? I've heard claims of this, but also claims of the
by unhammer 4y ago
> [machine translation] absolutely decimated the translation industry
Do you know of a good source for this? I've heard claims of this, but also claims of the opposite ("free MT leads to more communication across languages which leads to more need for high-quality translation"). But I've never seen any studies or hard numbers (or even anecdata from translators who lost their jobs – though I do know of translators who turned into MT post-editors), and my google scholar searches are turning up nothing.
- layer8 4y agoI know a freelance translator who basically gave up their work because (1) a steady decline in requests from clients and (2) it just doesn't pay enough anymore unless you rush every job by using DeepL and cutting corners on quality.