Poll: Will the term “Translator” disappear over the next 5 years? Лице кое објавува дискусија: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Will the term “Translator” disappear over the next 5 years?".
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Lieven Malaise 
Белгија
Local time: 17:50
Член (2020)
француски на холандски
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I've gazed into my crystal ball and I can confirm: the term "Translator" will disappear over the next 5 years. More specifically it will be gone by tomorrow. A black hole will swallow it.
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| The term 'translator' probably won't disappear | May 10, 2025 |
But the profession as such almost certainly will.
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Mario Chávez
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 11:50
англиски на шпански
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| Here's an alternative | May 10, 2025 |
Will the term “Proz” disappear in 5 years?
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Lingua 5B
Босна и Херцеговина
Local time: 17:50
англиски на француски
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writeaway wrote:
But the profession as such almost certainly will.
It seems like it already has.
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Daniel Frisano
Италија
Local time: 17:50
Член (2008)
англиски на италијански
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MT post-editors will still call themselves "translators", won't they?
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Mario Chávez wrote:
Will the term “Proz” disappear in 5 years?
Currently being replaced by “PollZ”.
[Edited at 2025-05-10 17:45 GMT]
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Siobhán Fulton
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 11:50
германски на англиски
In English, at least, we still use terms such as cooper, farrier and fletcher, although not many people make a healthy living performing these crafts.
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Daryo
Local time: 16:50
српски на англиски
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| No, the term “translator” will not disappear | May 10, 2025 |
but it will be eviscerated of any real meaning. Like being turned into some weird addition to Newspeak ...
The trend has already started with people who think that merely copy-pasting an automated word output is 'your own contribution' to anything ...
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| How would MT bots be called without the T? | May 15, 2025 |
Currently, MT stands for Machine Translation, so the MT bots are the machine translators, right?
Blogs related to tech-plugins for apps/webs and such usually refer to “Google Translator” or “ChatGPT translator,” so if the term disappears, how would these algorithms be called in the next few years?
IMHO, the term will be more used than ever.
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