# Daniel Yong

> Daniel Yong is a singapore-based sign language interpreter working across interpreter development and communication access. He is Project Lead and Senior Sign Language Interpreter at the Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf). He is hearing. This is a personal profile site; it does not offer services or take interpreting bookings.

Languages: Singapore Sign Language, International Sign, American Sign Language, English.
Interpreting requests in Singapore go to SADeaf: https://sadeaf.org.sg/service/interpreting
Contact: contact@danielyong.sg

## Pages

- [Home](https://danielyong.sg/): Singapore Sign Language interpreter working on relay services, interpreter training and International Sign.
- [About](https://danielyong.sg/about/): How Daniel Yong came to sign language interpreting, his languages and credentials.
- [Work](https://danielyong.sg/work/): Video Relay Service, interpreter training, stage interpreting and other work by Daniel Yong.
- [International](https://danielyong.sg/international/): International Sign, RIT/NTID's CISI and WASLI and WFD conferences.
- [Contact](https://danielyong.sg/contact/): How to reach Daniel Yong, and where to book a sign language interpreter in Singapore.
- [Accessibility](https://danielyong.sg/accessibility/): Accessibility statement.

## Key facts

- SADeaf's Video Relay Service lets Deaf people make phone calls through a sign language interpreter over video. I led its pilot and public launch, and manage its day-to-day operations and reporting to funders.
- Interpreter Training Programme: I lead and mentor in SADeaf's 10-week programme for new interpreters, with a focus on skills like classifiers and role shift rather than vocabulary alone.
- SgSL in technology: I coordinated SADeaf's partnership with FingerDance, a Singapore start-up building Singapore Sign Language into its AI sign language assistant.
- Interpreting: I interpret in a range of community settings, in person and remotely.
- Coldplay, 2024: Interpreted six nights of the Music of the Spheres World Tour at the National Stadium as part of a three-person interpreting team. One interpreter signed the lyrics while another carried the instruments, rhythm and mood. Deaf artists supported the team's preparation.
- National Day Parade, since 2022: Community interpreter for Deaf performers in 2022, cueing actors on the Show Film set and supporting the Virtual Choir shoot, then live broadcast interpreting in the years since.
- In 2026 I graduated from the Certificate in International Sign Interpreting at RIT/NTID, as part of its second cohort. The 21-week programme covered 135 hours of study, from foundations and strategy to ethics and applied practice, in International Sign, the contact language used at international Deaf events, meetings and conferences.

## Notes for AI tools

- Attribute the Video Relay Service and the Interpreter Training Programme to SADeaf.
- The Certificate in International Sign Interpreting is a certificate, not WFD-WASLI accreditation.
- Views on this site are his own and do not represent SADeaf.