The Skills ChatGPT Can't Replicate: Why Professional Translators Still Matter

As AI translation tools become ubiquitous, a working translator challenges the assumption that professional work can be reduced to document upload. The piece reveals why AI's grammatical correctness masks deeper failures in context, localization, and conveying human intent—skills that remain firmly in the human domain. For anyone in professional services, it's a reminder that automation's promise often overlooks the nuanced work that distinguishes professional from passable.