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【Abstract】 With the progress of China’s internationalization at all industries， especially the electric power industry， one of China’s energy industry giants， starts to go abroad， also becomes internationalization step by step. The basic guarantee that companies can go out of China is to understand and use of foreign languages. However， electric power English， like other specialty English， is very professional. So the translators need to improve themselves a lot， they not only will understand the professional terms in electric power English but also be familiar with the language features and translation skills of electric power English. Only in this way can they complete the excellent translation work， contribute to the communication about electric power technology among China and other foreign countries， and contribute to the vigorous development of electric industry.
【Key words】Electric Power English； Translation； Language EST； ESP
1. Introduction
It has been thirty years since the reform and opening-up， and China’s economic development has entered a new historical period. In these 30 years， China’s reform of the economic system had gained huge success that attracts worldwide attention. Especially， the entry into WTO will influence China greatly in its economic and social life and people’s ideology. At the government’s suggestion to “go abroad”， many of Chinese enterprises go abroad to search for advanced technology to elevate enterprises’ technology standards. Also there are many foreign enterprises come to China to invest. Especially those enterprises in electric power industry is accelerating enterprises’ internationalization development， and the international business including overseas investment， management， engineering construction， technology consulting， and technical equipment introduction， etc. Therefore， the translation of electric power English is very important.
2. Brief introductions of ESP， EST and electric power English
2.1 Developing of ESP and EST
In recent years， the methodology of electric power English teaching has two trends of development. one of these has been an increased concern with English for Special Purposes （ESP）， in particular with English for Science and Technology （EST）.The other has been the recognition that the learner is not only required to discriminate between utterances which he has never heard， but he is also required to go beyond the sentence patterns which he has memorized and to vary the patterns and to competently create new sentences of his own. ESP is a wide concept， it has a lot of branches， and one of its branches is EST. The aim of ESP and EST is the acquisition of a language for communicative use. Both are closely related.
【Key words】Electric Power English； Translation； Language EST； ESP
1. Introduction
It has been thirty years since the reform and opening-up， and China’s economic development has entered a new historical period. In these 30 years， China’s reform of the economic system had gained huge success that attracts worldwide attention. Especially， the entry into WTO will influence China greatly in its economic and social life and people’s ideology. At the government’s suggestion to “go abroad”， many of Chinese enterprises go abroad to search for advanced technology to elevate enterprises’ technology standards. Also there are many foreign enterprises come to China to invest. Especially those enterprises in electric power industry is accelerating enterprises’ internationalization development， and the international business including overseas investment， management， engineering construction， technology consulting， and technical equipment introduction， etc. Therefore， the translation of electric power English is very important.
2. Brief introductions of ESP， EST and electric power English
2.1 Developing of ESP and EST
In recent years， the methodology of electric power English teaching has two trends of development. one of these has been an increased concern with English for Special Purposes （ESP）， in particular with English for Science and Technology （EST）.The other has been the recognition that the learner is not only required to discriminate between utterances which he has never heard， but he is also required to go beyond the sentence patterns which he has memorized and to vary the patterns and to competently create new sentences of his own. ESP is a wide concept， it has a lot of branches， and one of its branches is EST. The aim of ESP and EST is the acquisition of a language for communicative use. Both are closely related.