engine

"oil engine" or "gas engine" are OK, differences are only of technical nature, more general and technical maybe "combustion engine" or "internal-combustion engine". What about a simple "motor"?

Kajjo

Hi Kajjo,

I have to make a distinction between different engines because there's bunch of them mentioned in the text.Here's the context:

With the invention of internal-combustion engine in 1877 (Otto engine) and gas oil engine (Diesel) the consumption of oil derivatives, in the first place of petrol and gas oil increased and oil industry was developing simultaneously.

Wow, that's a pretty technical article and the details are beyond my scope of technical English. However, both the Otto engine and Diesel engine are certainly internal-combustion engines (i.e. the burned fuel directly converts to mechanical energy)..

You need to decide for yourself, to which exactness the terms need to be translated, I'm afraid.

My suggestion:

Thank you Kajjo,

What about the tenses, are they ok?

"with... increased ...and... developed simultaneously."

However, maybe a native might give his short OK to this...

Kajjo

I'd give an OK to that, Kajjo, with two very small changes.

"With the invention of internal-combustion engines in 1877 (Otto engine) and 1892 (Diesel engine) the consumption of oil derivatives, particularly of petrol and diesel oil, increased and the oil industry developed consequently."

Thank you Alan.

I like Alan's "consequently" much more than "simultaneously".

Kajjo