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5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes | recycled AI content + nonsense

Zea_Mays — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: recycled AI content + nonsense

To me, this article looks like slightly edited AI content, including the main image.
There are some typical AI style elements, but searching for the "opportunities identified by Hopp by Wix", you'll find this article from February 2026: [url removed]
Oh, and look here: [url removed]
And here: [url removed]
Bad, really bad SEO karma. I'm pretty sure these are all paid articles for Wix.

To me, the most revealing element is this phrase relating to translation: For bilingual professionals / If you’re bilingual / If you’re already bilingual...

How stupid can one be to write such a bulls***?

[Bearbeitet am 2026-06-16 15:37 GMT]

5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes | Doesn't shed a good light on Forbes

Eva Stoppa — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:22:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: Eva Stoppa
Post title: Doesn't shed a good light on Forbes

To accept such poorly researched content doesn't shed a good light on Forbes, either.

Even for the ASMR content. You always have to "feed" a channel on YouTube, Instagram, etc., in order for it to appear in the search results on top. Otherwise, it will disappear from people's search feeds.

Reminds me of that ad for some software that is promised to generate income for you by investing into the right stocks on the stock markets. All you need to do is pay 250 Euros to purchase this software.

Too good to be true?

5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes | Human Slop

Luca Tutino — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: Luca Tutino
Post title: Human Slop

I imagine the author is writing for Forbes as a side hustle, about whatever comes to his mind, with no research whatsoever, just to have his name appear somewhere. The demonstration that human (or "man-in-the-middle") slop can surpass pure AI slop.

5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes | An alternative interpretation (irony)

lexica_nova — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:18:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: lexica_nova
Post title: An alternative interpretation (irony)

Perhaps what the author meant was that translation is becoming a "side career" par excellence, not only for those who already have a full-time job and are looking for extra income to top up their regular earnings, but also for those who have worked full-time in the translation industry. Because making a living solely from translation is no longer sustainable, we have no choice but to find another job to ensure a regular income. That's why. 😩

5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes | Very possible ...

Daryo — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:13:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: Daryo
Post title: Very possible ...

[quote]Joakim Braun wrote:

Article: "In fact, one translator reported earning $153,722 in 2025 after growing a translation side hustle into a full-time business, according to Gabay."

So counting generously at 0.11 € per word (which many translators struggle to make according to posts here), that's 4,600 words per weekday. Or 3,300 words per day every day in the year, day in and day out, with no vacation and no dead periods.
Not physically impossible, but close - certainly for a "side hustler", who would be working on bottom-feeder jobs at least part of the time.
[/quote]

On the contrary - it sounds to me very plausible.

BUT ONLY IF you interpret the part 'a full-time business' as being the business of acting as a de facto translation agency, possibly just checking outsourced work before sending it to clients.

You will hardly ever make that kind of money by doing all the translation work on your own - not nowadays for sure.

5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes | Translation as a side career to earn extra income in 2026?

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:14:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Translation as a side career to earn extra income in 2026?

Forbes really ought to be better informed about what’s going on in the world of translation these days, shouldn’t it?

5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes | Credibility

Joakim Braun — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:47:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: Joakim Braun
Post title: Credibility

Article: "In fact, one translator reported earning $153,722 in 2025 after growing a translation side hustle into a full-time business, according to Gabay."

So counting generously at 0.11 € per word (which many translators struggle to make according to posts here), that's 4,600 words per weekday. Or 3,300 words per day every day in the year, day in and day out, with no vacation and no dead periods.
Not physically impossible, but close - certainly for a "side hustler", who would be working on bottom-feeder jobs at least part of the time.

5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes

ATIL KAYHAN — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:32:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: 5 Flexible Online Side Careers to Earn Extra Income - Forbes
Poster: ATIL KAYHAN

Published today, this Forbes article lists freelance translation as one of five flexible online side careers. It says that 82 % of Americans want to ditch their 9-to-5 jobs and become their own boss. We translators are deeply familiar with the ins and outs of translation business, of course. I would like to share this article for your information and comments perhaps, below.

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