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

I think at minimum you need to add the destination body (moon, planet,
asteroid, etc). Thus:

US Marine Corps Extra-Planetary Expeditionary Force Luna (USMCEPEFL)
US Marine Corps Extra-Planetary Expeditionary Force Mars (USMCEPEFMA)
US Marine Corps Extra-Planetary Expeditionary Force Ceres (USMCEPEFC)
etc

Mk

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:02 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.
>
> US Marine Corps Extra-Planetary Expeditionary Force - USMCEPEF…..?? 
;-)
>
> 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
> >
> >
>
>
>