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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
  • ISO 17100 quality standards
  • Professional review workflow
  • Multilingual project management
Overseas Substation EPC Bid & Design Documentation Anonymized case
📈 Key Measurable Outcomes
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

⚠️ Challenge

Project challenges

Challenge 01

Parameter accuracy

Voltage levels and short-circuit ratings must be exact.

Challenge 02

EN/FR parallel

French owner and English consultant requirements simultaneously.

Challenge 03

Drawings + text

Annotations on SLDs and layout plans coordinated.

Challenge 04

Bid countdown

2000+ pages translated and formatted within six weeks.

⚙️ Engineered Workflow

Our approach

Phased delivery balancing quality, compliance and timeline.

01

Scope alignment

Confirm doc types, languages, timeline and review workflow.

02

Glossary & TM

Import client terminology and TM; lock key definitions.

03

TEP & specialist review

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

04

Delivery & versioning

Module-based drops with change logs for ongoing updates.

📦 Deliverables & Language Assets Package

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.

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Parallel capacity

Multiple TEP teams in parallel.

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HSE compliance

Safety plan language per local regulations.

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