tl;dr: A freelance translator recounts a gym encounter where a government HR director casually suggested she just "upload documents to ChatGPT" to finish her work faster. The translator argues that AI is a tool—useful for spell-checks, glossary building, and style-guide compliance—but it hallucinates, skips sentences, and lacks the human judgment needed for real translation, so professionals shouldn't be paid less for using it. The kicker: the same civil servant admitted she doesn't use AI at her own job because "it's not reliable enough."