Singaporean translation and interpretation (T&I) practitioners in the private sector who fulfil the following criteria are eligible to apply for the TTDS:

• Work in the English and Chinese, English and Malay or English and Tamil language pairs

• Have at least one year of combined experience in translation and/or interpretation

• Have enrolled in, applied to or are planning to apply to capability development programme(s) related to translation, interpretation and/or languages within the eligibility period, i.e.

  • Programmes up to one year in duration: start or end between 1 April of the application year and 31 March of the following year (both dates inclusive)

  • Programmes exceeding one year in duration: end within three years of the application year by 31 March

A T&I practitioner in the private sector is:

• A full-time staff employed in a translation agency, and who deals with translation and/or interpretation regularly in the course of work; or

• A full-time staff employed in other industries/businesses (e.g. media organisations, creative agencies, production/publishing houses, IT-related companies, law firms) but deals with translation and/or interpretation regularly in the course of work; or

• A self-employed individual who predominantly engages in and makes a living from translation and/or interpretation work

You may use the TTDS applicant checklist to check your eligibility for applying for TTDS.