申請人須：（a）持有在香港考取的學士學位，或具備同等學歷（主修翻譯-英語及指定組別語言者可獲優先考慮）；（b）曾接受指定組別語言的翻譯及傳譯專業訓練或具指定組別語言的翻譯及傳譯工作經驗；（c）在英文及指定組別語言方面具良好書寫能力；（d）能說流利英語及指定組別語言；（e）能準確清晰、符合語法及以適當的文體傳達以指定組別語言書寫的文字的意思；以及（f）已登記為香港特區政府司法機構的指定組別語言的兼職傳譯員者可獲優先考慮。

Candidates should have : (a) a Hong Kong's bachelor's degree or equivalent (preferably major in Translation – English and that specific language group; (b) training or experience in translation and interpretation in that specific language group; (c) excellent writing skills in English and that specific language group; (d) fluent speaking skills in English and that specific language group; (e) skills in conveying the meaning of a text in that specific language in a clear, grammatically correct and stylistically appropriate manner; and (f) preferably registered with the Judiciary of the HKSAR Government as Registered Part-time Interpreters for that specific language group.