A Court Interpreter II is mainly deployed on –

(a) interpreting in Magistrates’ Courts and Tribunals in English, Cantonese and Putonghua;

(b) certifying provided translations of court case related documents; and

(c) translating court documents and Judiciary documents.

(Note: Officers already proficient in Putonghua will be required to interpret in Putonghua. Officers not yet proficient in Putonghua will be required to interpret in Putonghua after training.)

Candidates should –

(a) have a bachelor’s degree from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent;

(b) have ‘Level 2’ results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE)(Note 1), or equivalent;

(c) have a pass result in the Aptitude Test in the CRE(Note 2); and

(d) be fluent in spoken Chinese (Cantonese and preferably in Putonghua) and spoken English.

(Remarks: (1) Candidates are required to pass a translation test and an interpretation test. (2) Candidates who are selected for the translation test will normally receive an invitation in about four to six weeks from the closing date for application. As invitations may be sent to candidates by email, candidates should provide an accurate email address in their applications. Candidates are responsible for checking their emails to ensure that invitation will be duly received. (3) Those who are not invited for the translation test, as well as the subsequent interpretation test-cum-selection interview may assume that their applications are unsuccessful. (4) All qualifications required should be obtained on or before the application deadline. Qualifications obtained after the application deadline will not be considered.)