1、TranslationTechnology Insights20232|RWSTranslation Technology Insights 2023ContentsLooking back,looking forward.3An industry under pressure:the growing skills shortage.6An industry under pressure:work demands intensify.9Relieving the pressure:the dual role of technology.17How to move forward.24Refle

2、ctions.353|RWSTranslation Technology Insights 2023Looking back,looking forwardBack in 2016 we published our first Translation Technology Insights(TTI)survey report,exploring the role of technology within the translation industry and how it might shape the future of the industry.Seven years later,we

3、return with our third TTI report(the second having been published early in 2020).This gives us an opportunity to look back a little to see how more than half a decade has changed adoption of,or attitudes towards,some key technologies.And to look at the current trends that matter as the industry move

4、s forward.As before,this report is informed both by our most recent survey conducted late in 2022 and by continual discussions with industry stakeholders about the state of the industry,its challenges and progress,its past and future.Survey scopeWe invited thousands of translation industry professio

5、nals to complete an online survey,shared it with industry analysts and promoted it via social channels and ProZ.com.Wed like to thank the 2,076 respondents from 108 countries who took the time to complete the survey.2,076 respondentsEurope 55%Americas 17%Rest of world 4%APAC 24%4|RWSTranslation Tech

6、nology Insights 2023Three groups of translation professionalsAny translation professional was welcome to take the survey,not just translators.Respondents could be translation project managers,translation business owners or team leaders,translation technology or QA specialists,or others within the tr