The bilingual interpretation certificate, awarded by Chartered Institute of Linguists (IOL), is an authoritative language diploma for people speaking both Chinese and English. Founded in 1910, IOL is a world-leading professional language association with 6,500 members. Apart from preparing high-quality open exams of varying types for the public as well as professionals throughout the world, IOL designs tests for recruitment and promotion in businesses and government bodies to examine employees’ language competency.

Career prospect

IOL certificates claim extensive recognition from worldwide education institutions, businesses, banks, and public affairs institutions and are accepted in universities & colleges under the UK Department of Education and Skills. A student who is awarded a bilingual interpretation certificate and becomes a Member of IOL (MIL) can be employed by Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau (CSB) and serve a key post of simultaneous interpretation commensurate with his/her academic degree; International Diploma in Bilingual Communication (IDBC) is a plus in admission qualification when applying for studies in U.S., Australia, Canada, and UK etc.