A process for preparing a conductor, comprising a conductor core exhibiting a plurality of electrically conducting metallic strands, for a high-voltage winding according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that an electrically insulating oxide layer comprising a metal oxide is generated on the surface of a strand to be used in the stranded conductor, by forced oxidation of the metallic strand in an aqueous solution, then the strands are stranded to form said core and arranged in such a way that all strands in said core are electrically insulated from each other by the electrical insulation provided on a sufficient number of strands to ensure that all strands are electrically insulated from each other and that a solid insulation comprising, a first inner semi-conducting layer, an electrically insulation layer and a second outer semi-conducting layer, is applied around the stranded conductor core.