translation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, translation appears in 185 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — AI Trainer has the most postings mentioning translation, with demand down 58% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is translation in demand in 2026?
Yes. translation appears in 185 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 58% vs the prior 4 weeks. AI Trainer accounts for the most postings mentioning translation (40.5% of all postings mentioning translation).
+What jobs require translation?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning translation are AI Tutor (34.8% of that role’s postings mention translation), AI Trainer (18.8% of that role’s postings mention translation), Quality Assurance Lead (12.4% of that role’s postings mention translation).
+What skills are commonly paired with translation?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), translation most often appears alongside Linguistics, prompt engineering, localization, syntax, Grammar.
+Where is translation most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring translation are Paris, Madrid, Belize, London, Mexico City, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring translation — last 90 days
Roles most likely to require translation
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Tutor | 16 | 34.8% |
| AI Trainer | 75 | 18.8% |
| Quality Assurance Lead | 11 | 12.4% |
| AI Response Evaluator | 2 | 7.4% |
| AI Analyst | 2 | 7.1% |
| Generative AI Analyst | 1 | 4.8% |
| Marketing Program Manager | 1 | 3.3% |
| AI Evaluation Expert | 1 | 2.9% |
| AI Training Specialist | 1 | 2.6% |
| Research Intern | 1 | 2.0% |
Roles with the most translation postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| AI Trainer | 75 | 40.5% |
| AI Tutor | 16 | 8.6% |
| Linguistic AI Auditor | 14 | 7.6% |
| Quality Assurance Lead | 11 | 5.9% |
| Product Manager | 10 | 5.4% |
| Data Annotation Specialist | 3 | 1.6% |
| Localization Quality Assurance Analyst | 3 | 1.6% |
| AI Analyst | 2 | 1.1% |
| AI Content Evaluator | 2 | 1.1% |
| AI Response Evaluation Expert | 2 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for translation
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 4 | 2.2% |
| Madrid | 3 | 1.6% |
| Belize | 2 | 1.1% |
| London | 2 | 1.1% |
| Mexico City | 2 | 1.1% |
| Austin | 1 | 0.5% |
| Bangkok | 1 | 0.5% |
| Berlin | 1 | 0.5% |
| Cairo | 1 | 0.5% |
Skills commonly paired with translation
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning translation by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s translation postings by all translation postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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