Overview

The Singapore Interpreters’ & Translators’ Union (SITU) is a public sector union, representing translators and interpreters in Singapore's Public Service, such as the State Courts, Supreme Courts, Family Justice Courts, Ministry of Communications and Information and the Ministry of Home Affairs. SITU was first registered as the Singapore Chinese Interpreters’ Union (SCIU) on 05 May 1947. Its members were mainly Translators and Interpreters in the then Chinese Secretariat and the Chinese Interpreters employed in the Courts. In order to make provisions for Malay and Indian Interpreters to join the Union, the rules were amended at a Special General Meeting held on 24 March 1948. To reflect the multi-racial composition of the Union, the name was changed to Singapore Interpreters’ Union in May 1964 and later to Singapore Interpreters’ & Translators’ Union on 28 July 1971. The Union was affiliated to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) way back in 1964.