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What can interpreters and translators switch to?

5 jobs with similar skills where less of the shift is touched by AI or robots.

Time card for tutors: 3h 46m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Tutors →

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What can interpreters and translators switch to? AI or robots touch about 4h 47m of a typical 8-hour shift for interpreters and translators, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is tutors: 3h 46m touched, with median pay 28% lower.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than interpreters and translators do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. TutorsRelated skills · 3h 46m touched (vs 4h 47m) · $43k · -0.2% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Speaking, Active Listening, Reading ComprehensionTo build up: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness
  2. Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language InstructorsRelated skills · 1h 39m touched (vs 4h 47m) · $62k · -13.9% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Monitoring, Writing, Reading ComprehensionTo build up: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Negotiation
  3. Speech-Language Pathology AssistantsRelated skills · 0m touched (vs 4h 47m) · $48k · +4.8% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, SpeakingNo big skill gaps

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  1. Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryRelated skills · 4h 12m touched (vs 4h 47m) · $79k · +0.2% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Speaking, Active Listening, WritingTo build up: Learning Strategies, Instructing, Active Learning
  2. English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryRelated skills · 4h 6m touched (vs 4h 47m) · $79k · 0% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Speaking, Active Listening, WritingTo build up: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension

Before you switch

See the full time card for interpreters and translators first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.