This article is devoted to the importance of learning English by specialists in the manufacturing sector. Modern production is saturated with high-precision equipment. This equipment uses digital software that may be developed by experts from another country. Moreover, equipment manufacturers use universal software to introduce it at various enterprises in the world. Therefore, knowledge of engineering English is needed for the work and maintenance of such machines, which in the course of history has become the language of international communication. The article presents examples of terms that are used by production engineers.