Translation work

"What are you doing, Mom?" B asked. "I'm working," Simone replied. "What's your work?" "Translation," she said, typing as she spoke. "What's translation?" Simone thought about this for a moment, struggling to come up with a definition that would not culminate in another question. "People send me a story in French and I translate it or write it in English." "Really?" "Really." B thinks about this for a moment. "I could do that! Here, let me have your computer."