Interpretation and Translation Skills
Designed for
an Effective Professional

The program promotes progressive learning, and aims at raising the bilingual translation skills for professionals in various fields in Singapore and training English-Chinese and Chinese-English translators with perceptiveness in both English and Chinese and translation skills.


More Course Info

Skilled interpreters and translators are in demand in today’s global society. They facilitate essential understanding and communication across cultures. The Diploma in Interpretation and Translation helps you to build a firm foundation in languages, and translation skills.

  • It adopts a systematic and practical approach.
  • It provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the characteristics of English and Chinese languages, translation principles and techniques.
  • Translation of practical topics (e.g. news, advertisement, press releases) applicable in the working world.
  • Participants will be able to translate and interpret proficiently.

The Diploma in Interpretation and Translation is best suited for fluently bilingual (Mandarin Chinese/English) professionals who are serious about pursuing a career in interpretation and translation. The diploma program is also valuable for people with an academic interest in both English and Mandarin Chinese, and in cross‐cultural communication.

*Because the diploma program has strong partnerships with the local business community, we can often arrange for our trainees to participate in international conferences and trade fairs. As a result, you will be able to network and make business contacts.


Delivery and Assessement Formats

This program caters for both local and overseas candidates via a mixture of online and face‐to‐face learning. The online learning is offered using the in‐house student portal system for all courses with comprehensive assessment for every module. The face‐to-face lectures address the need for interactions on advanced topics, concepts and applications. These lectures may also be conducted online via our IT platform and advanced streaming technology.

Candidates will go through three phases of learning for all courses, which comprises knowledge acquisition, assessments and final examinations.

Students with prior knowledge of specific modules may be exempted from the first phase of study if they successfully pass the initial assessment and proceed to the second phase, thus effectively shortening their learning cycle.


Certificate Award

Students will be conferred the Diploma in Interpretation and Translation when they have successfully met the above graduation requirements and attained approval from the Academic and Examination Board of Institute of Arts and Sciences. Students who fulfill their graduation requirements will receive their certification within 3 months from their final examination results date.


Tri-Semester System

The School's class (non-online) calendar are based on tri-semester system.

  • Spring Semester: January to May
  • Summer Semester: June to August
  • Fall Semester: September to December

Class Sessions

Classess are conducted during one or more of the following sessions.

  • Morning (Monday to Saturday)
    0800 — 1000 hour
    1030 — 1230 hour
  • Afternoon (Monday to Saturday)
    1330 — 1530 hour
    1600 — 1800 hour
  • Night Session (Monday to Friday only)
    1900 — 2100 hour

Online Support

All students are assigned a free online account at web portal.

  • Access to Online Learning
  • Assignment, Audio, and Video Materials
  • Learning and Career Diagnostic tests
  • Tutorial and Enrichment courses

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