Re: Urgent list question - anyone speak Chinese….?

Wait...I said the same thing twice...lemme try that again...MFL- Marine
Forces Luna?

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Jason Weiser <jason.weiser@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well,
>  If the Americans are on the table...then how about MARLUN- Marine
Forces
> Lunar Space?
>  Or, MFLS - Marine Forces, Lunar Space
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Jon Tuffley <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 6 Nov 2015, at 20:38, Douglas Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > I think he wants something specifically unit like the Lunar Domain
or
>> People's Lunar Expedition. Actually, I'm less happy with USLM; ET
Marines,
>> Lunar Expeditionary Brigade feels better.
>>
>> Nothing is set in stone yet (or in moon rock…), so happy to
consider
>> alternative terms for the US forces….
>>
>> I do quite like Phil's PLASF for the Chinese.
>>
>> Jon (GZG)
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Ah, I think Jason and I are of one mind.
>> >
>> > Mind, what I actually came up with sounds like crap, just seems in
a
>> better direction.
>> >
>> > Wait, Jason, with the imperialistic aggression, OF COURSE, it's a
peace
>> force. ;->=
>> >
>> > Doug
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Gzg [mailto:gzg-bounces@firedrake.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
>> Atcliffe
>> > Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 2:26 PM
>> > To: gzg@firedrake.org
>> > Subject: Re: Urgent list question - anyone speak Chinese….?
>> >
>> > On 06/11/2015 19:19, Jon Tuffley wrote:
>> >> I need a believable name for Chinese military forces on the Moon
in
>> the near future….. they are going to be the opposition for the USLM
(United
>> States Lunar Marines)…. so what might they be called? I guess what
I need
>> is a sensible term for them in English, and THEN the translation for
it?
>> >>
>> >> Democratic Peoples' Space Forces?
>> > I don't speak Chinese, but if this version of China is a direct
>> descendant of today's PRC, then a space force is quite likely to be
called
>> something like the People's Liberation Army Space Force (PLASF),
along the
>> same lines as the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), People's
Liberation
>> Army Air Force )PLAAF) and People's Liberation Army Marine Corps
(PLAMC --
>> are you starting to see a pattern here?). To our ears/eyes, the names
are
>> peculiar, to say the least, but the Chinese do it that way. So you
could
>> well have the PLASF, or the PLA Space Marines (!), or the PLA Space
Marine
>> Corps.
>> >
>> > Alternatively, the space forces, both "naval" and "marine" could
simply
>> be part of the PLAN and PLAMC, not unlike a VSF navy having both
ships and
>> aeronefs. Your choice.
>> >
>> > Phil
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>