AE and YE engines

English translation: probably engine codes denoting types or models of engine made by a particular manufacturer

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English term or phrase:AE and YE engines
Selected answer:probably engine codes denoting types or models of engine made by a particular manufacturer
Entered by: Charles Davis

14:03 Sep 22, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / diesel engines
English term or phrase: AE and YE engines
Cap screw for gear of in-line fuel injection pump (AE, YE engines)

Specification of torque to be applied to specific bolts etc within the engine
pike
Croatia
Local time: 15:04
probably engine codes denoting types or models of engine made by a particular manufacturer
Explanation:
I don't think they're brand names. The companies that exist called AE or YE don't seem to be car engine manufacturers. AE supplies components, and this surely can't have anything to do with the Yorkshire Engineering Co., which makes or made railway engines. But it's not uncommon for car manufacturers to identify different types of engines with two-letter codes. Here's a document on Pontiac, for example:

"400 1968 WA,WB,WD,WE,XH,YC,YD,YE engine"
http://www.avrosystems.co.uk/realsteel/section5.pdf

Or there's this one, on the Volkswagen Golf, with three-letter engine codes — same idea:
"VW Golf Mk3 1.6,Passat 1.6 Distributor (Engine Codes-AEK,AFT)"
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252090889666?clk_rvr_id=8996795139...

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Of course the practical outcome will be the same: they can't be translated.

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OK. The same goes for any kind of manufacturered vehicle or equipment with an engine, whether it's a car, a truck, a loader, a crane, or whatever. The engine will normally have a code.

If you know the manufacturer and the model of the equipment you could probably confirm that they are codes. But for translation purposes, as you say, it doesn't really matter; they will be left as they are.

I don't believe they are generic types of engine. AE can stand for application-engineered, but that's unlikely to be relevant here, and I don't think there's any such meaning for YE.
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 15:04
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thanks everyone!
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3 +3probably engine codes denoting types or models of engine made by a particular manufacturer
Charles Davis
5AE and YE engines
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.


  

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ae and ye engines
AE and YE engines


Explanation:
They are brand names and you should not translate "AE" or "YE"

http://www.enginepartsuk.net/ae

http://www.topforge.co.uk/Other Industries/YE Rotherham.htm

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 08:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, I thought so, but this being the manufacturer's manual I was sort of hesitant.

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ae and ye engines
probably engine codes denoting types or models of engine made by a particular manufacturer


Explanation:
I don't think they're brand names. The companies that exist called AE or YE don't seem to be car engine manufacturers. AE supplies components, and this surely can't have anything to do with the Yorkshire Engineering Co., which makes or made railway engines. But it's not uncommon for car manufacturers to identify different types of engines with two-letter codes. Here's a document on Pontiac, for example:

"400 1968 WA,WB,WD,WE,XH,YC,YD,YE engine"
http://www.avrosystems.co.uk/realsteel/section5.pdf

Or there's this one, on the Volkswagen Golf, with three-letter engine codes — same idea:
"VW Golf Mk3 1.6,Passat 1.6 Distributor (Engine Codes-AEK,AFT)"
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252090889666?clk_rvr_id=8996795139...

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Note added at 27 mins (2015-09-22 14:30:47 GMT)
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Of course the practical outcome will be the same: they can't be translated.

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Note added at 47 mins (2015-09-22 14:50:19 GMT)
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OK. The same goes for any kind of manufacturered vehicle or equipment with an engine, whether it's a car, a truck, a loader, a crane, or whatever. The engine will normally have a code.

If you know the manufacturer and the model of the equipment you could probably confirm that they are codes. But for translation purposes, as you say, it doesn't really matter; they will be left as they are.

I don't believe they are generic types of engine. AE can stand for application-engineered, but that's unlikely to be relevant here, and I don't think there's any such meaning for YE.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks everyone!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, these are not for cars, it's construction equipment but, again, what I really wanted to make sure was simply that I'm not committing an error by leaving them untranslated in case these have some universal defined meaning as general types of engine...

Asker: Thanks everyone! (@DLyons - yes, you're absolutely right)

Asker: apparently I cannot close it yet. oh well, I'll drop by later


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Björn Vrooman: But: company and brand names differ many times (some brands even have their own web pages aside from the company's). Tend to agree with engine code though, just google VW (yay, counter-PR measure today!). Asker's "construction" note is incomprehensible?!?
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Björn :) Yes, quite true. I think the asker thought that what could apply to cars might not apply to construction equipment.

agree  DLyons: I think they are Pekins Diesel Engines.
3 hrs
  -> You may well be right, for all I know :)

agree  Phong Le
2 days 17 mins
  -> Thanks again, Phong Le!
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