If you’re a freelance translator and thinking of continuing to work for translation agencies, your chances of surviving by translating more than another year or two are extremely slim.
If you can change careers entirely or at least break away from AI-using agencies —in 2026, this means the agencies that support almost all freelancers—you might survive for a while. But most freelancers can’t break away from agencies, because of their circumstances, their preferences and personalities, or their skill sets. For them, it is over—finished, gone, and not coming back.
