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Terminology search case study...
The object of today's hunt is: ОЭС.
The context has to do with hydroelectric generating plants. There are references to ОЭС Центра, ОЭС Средней Волги, ОЭС Юга и ОЭС Урала.
The expansion of the abbreviation is Объединенная энергетическая система. A straightforward translation might be United Power System.
My first "hit" online for the abbreviation gives me "Bulk Electricity System." This is not exactly impossible, but the "surprise" factor is a bit too high. After a little more poking, I find "United" might be "Unified," and "System" might be "Grid."
I proceed to transliterate some of the facility names and then compose a compound Google query as follows:
Done.
The context has to do with hydroelectric generating plants. There are references to ОЭС Центра, ОЭС Средней Волги, ОЭС Юга и ОЭС Урала.
The expansion of the abbreviation is Объединенная энергетическая система. A straightforward translation might be United Power System.
My first "hit" online for the abbreviation gives me "Bulk Electricity System." This is not exactly impossible, but the "surprise" factor is a bit too high. After a little more poking, I find "United" might be "Unified," and "System" might be "Grid."
I proceed to transliterate some of the facility names and then compose a compound Google query as follows:
Yug Volga Tsenter Ural "(united|unified|interconnected) power (system|grid)"I get a lot of variations on a theme, but my original gut feeling—United Power System—occurs quite frequently.
Done.