YOU SAID:
What does your mother do for a living?
INTO JAPANESE
あなたのお母さんは生計を立てるために何をしていますか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
What is your mother doing to make a living?
INTO JAPANESE
あなたのお母さんは生計を立てるために何をしていますか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
What is your mother doing to make a living?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.