A short history of translation and translators

After being highly regarded alongside literary, academic and scientific authors for two millennia, many translators have become invisible in the 21st century, and their names are often forgotten on the articles, books, websites and other content they spent days, weeks or months to translate.

• After being highly regarded alongside literary, academic and scientific authors for two millennia, many translators have become invisible in the 21st century, and their names are often forgotten on the articles, books, websites and other content they spent days, weeks or months to translate.
• Despite the omnipresent CAT (computer-assisted translation) and MT (machine translation) tools created to speed up the translation process, some translators still want to be compared to artists, not only for their precarious life, but also for the craft, knowledge, dedication and passion they put into their work.