> [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.
I 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.
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.