Interpreters and Translators
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to hold steady over the next decade, with about 507 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with most of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 88% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
AI could do much of this on its own
Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
AI could do much of this on its own
Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
AI could do much of this on its own
Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.
AI could do much of this on its own
Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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