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Power & Energy · 6 weeks

Overseas Substation EPC Bid & Design Documentation

Translated primary/secondary design specs, equipment lists, civil interfaces and construction plans for a 220kV substation EPC bid.

Result Multilingual technical bid submitted on time with owner-aligned equipment terminology
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Mutual NDA available on request · Industry QA standards applied

Languages
3
Pages
2000+
Weeks
6
Linguists
15

Background

Industry: Power & Energy Timeline: 6 weeks Languages: Chinese, English, French Services: Design docs, Bid materials, Construction docs, etc.

The client operates in the power and energy value chain—exporting equipment, executing EPC packages, or replicating proven O&M models overseas. The program centers on “Overseas Substation EPC Bid & Design Documentation” with strict technical standards and delivery timelines.

A domestic EPC firm bidding on an African substation needed Chinese design outputs in EN/FR for technical bids—single-line diagrams, equipment data, construction plans and HSE files.

Linguist assigned industry linguists, reviewers and a dedicated PM. Scope included Design docs, Bid materials, Construction docs, etc.. Within 6 weeks, we delivered and QA’d 3 languages—achieving: Multilingual technical bid submitted on time with owner-aligned equipment terminology

Project challenges

  • Parameter accuracy

    Voltage levels and short-circuit ratings must be exact.

  • EN/FR parallel

    French owner and English consultant requirements simultaneously.

  • Drawings + text

    Annotations on SLDs and layout plans coordinated.

  • Bid countdown

    2000+ pages translated and formatted within six weeks.

Our approach

Phased delivery balancing quality, compliance and timeline.

  1. 01

    Scope alignment

    Confirm doc types, languages, timeline and review workflow.

  2. 02

    Glossary & TM

    Import client terminology and TM; lock key definitions.

  3. 03

    TEP & specialist review

    Industry linguists plus second reviewer; client spot-checks as needed.

  4. 04

    Delivery & versioning

    Module-based drops with change logs for ongoing updates.

Deliverables

  • Technical bid
  • Equipment lists
  • Construction organization plan
  • HSE plan

Project highlights

  • EPC experience

    Bid structure and scoring criteria familiarity.

  • Primary/secondary

    Separate glossaries for primary and secondary systems.

  • Parallel capacity

    Multiple TEP teams in parallel.

  • HSE compliance

    Safety plan language per local regulations.

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