Diploma—Interpretation and Translation
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.
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.
General Info
Part-Time 9 months
Registration Info
Part-Time SGD 6,300
Graduation Requirements
To obtain the Diploma students must achieve a minimum G.P.A of 2.00 and pass all examinations and/or assessments prescribed.
Tri-Semester System
The School's class (non-online) calendar are based on tri-semester system.
Class Sessions
Classess are conducted during one or more of the following sessions.
Online Support
All students are assigned a free online account at web portal.
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