Post-editing review
Translator · Written Translation (General)
“Post-editing review” (Translator) is being replaced by AI: it entered in 2024 and is projected to be largely replaced by 2030.
AI enters
2024
Largely replaced
2030
Replacement progress
33%
Technology / key factor
AI quality estimation and revision
What this task is
Going through machine-translated text sentence by sentence to fix mistranslations, omissions and terminology errors, then smoothing the wording until it reaches the quality a client will accept.
How AI replaces it
From 2024, AI quality-estimation tools flagged which sentences were likely wrong, and LLMs could revise them based on feedback. As self-checking improves, most post-editing is expected to be AI-handled by 2030.
What stays human
Reviewers focus on the passages the AI flags as risky and on critical documents such as contracts, and they remain accountable for the final quality of the translation.