Translation of Finis Terrae - and Markdown

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Does anyone know what the current status is of the rumored Finis Terrae translation and release?

Anyway, since it's been a while someone asked me to markdown the spanish version for the markdown project as it was declared CC BY-SA, and I was thinking why not just see if I can't shoot off a translation while I'm at it. It took some thinking how to best set that up to use actual game terms correctly. Honestly looking better than i expected, but my Spanish is not the best unfortunately.

Anyone takers would like to help to polish a translation and the output? I'm soon ready to put the first version in the Markdown Project

I have this list that currently confuses me that I need to map right:

# Spanish Current English Type Note Correct English
1 Perspicaz Clear Thinker Virtue Core name; alternative: Intuition
2 DeterminaciĂłn Self-Confident Virtue Core name
3 Vigoroso Long-Winded Virtue Core name
4 Lector/a Perceptivo/a Book Learner Virtue Core name
5 FantasĂ­a (X) Delusion (X) Flaw Core name
6 Incomprendido Judged Unfairly Flaw Core name
7 Obtuso Stuck in Your Ways Flaw Alternative: Unimaginative Learner (Core)
8 Magia de Contacto Short-Ranged Magic Flaw Core name
9 Inseguro Low Self-Esteem Flaw Core name; alternative: Weak-Willed
10 Resistente a la Edad Unaging Virtue Its rules differ from Core's Unaging
11 Estudio Polivalente Versatile Study Major Hermetic Virtue Not found; maybe Core Secondary Insight?
12 AversiĂłn al Riesgo Risk Averse Flaw Not found (on a Verditius character)
13 Falta de Control Lack of Control Flaw Not found
14 Hibris Aumentada Increased Hubris Flaw Mystery Cults has a Hubris Flaw and score, but no "Increased" version
15 Sin Dominio de la Magia No Spell Mastery Flaw Not found
16 Lanzamiento Inducido Induced Casting Mastery ability Used on a CrCo healing spell; candidates are Harnessed or Boosted Casting (True Lineages)
17 El Cincel de la Magia (MuVi 15) The Chisel of Magic Spell No Core MuVi match
18 El Falso Yo (Re(In)Im) The False Self Spell / item effect Cited as an existing Hermetic spell; not in these books
19 La Armadura de la Rosa (MuHe) Armor of the Rose Spell / item effect Cited as an existing Hermetic spell; not in these books
20 Piel de Salamandra (ReIg 20) Salamander's Skin Spell Nearest Core spell is Ward against Heat and Flames, but that's ReIg 25
21 Códice Hermético Codex Hermeticus Cited book A spell collection cited for "page 3"
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David Chart keeps his Patreon backers up to date on this, and John Nephew has also posted updates on the AMDE backerkit page.

Here’s David’s latest:

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Thanks, sounds promising and excellent once released (with layout and images even better). Well anyway, I do have a decent machine translation cooking that I can finish up and drop in the markdown project - but with not the same kind of care (naturally) for those of us with low patience.
Who's interested?

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I think I can offer you something that the incredible Ars Magica community created on its own: an Excel file where you can find translations of general terms, spells, Virtues and Defects, Armor and Weapons, Animal Traits, Skills, Ranges, Durations, and Targets. All of this is available in Spanish, English, French, and Italian (the German column hasn’t been started yet). It’s available on the community’s Discord. It was a project started by Thruxus, but other fans of the game contributed our own ideas, helping it grow into what it is today.
The message containing the file is in the Ars Traductoris channel, which is archived but still accessible.

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Who could I chat to for permission to use the translation content in Covenantum (Ars Magica PC game)?

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That's an awesome document, thank you so much! It solved most of my outstanding issues.

I still have these that are question marks, ideas?

# Spanish Current English Type Note Correct English
1 AversiĂłn al Riesgo Risk Averse Flaw (on a Verditius character) Not in any of the books or the community sheet
2 Hibris Aumentada Increased Hubris Flaw (gained through a Verditius Mystery) Mystery Cults has the Hubris Flaw and Hubris score, but no "increased" version; not in the sheet
3 Lanzamiento Inducido Induced Casting Mastery ability (on a CrCo healing spell) Not in Core, True Lineages, Mystery Cults, Societates or the sheet; possible matches are Harnessed Casting or Boosted Casting (True Lineages)
4 Códice Hermético Codex Hermeticus Cited book (for "page 3") Probably a Spanish fan or community spell collection

That last one, is it just supposed to be the Code?

Update: I managed to find 1 and 2, they under Ordeals so I missed them at first.
Averse to Risk and Increased Hubris.

Induced Casting must be Boosted Casting as Harnessed really doesn't make as much sense.

Which means I'm down to what is Códice Hermético ?

Update 2: Seems to be a 32-page booklet from Holocubierta (2013) that came with their Storyguide screen.

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I have now released a translation of Finis Terrae in the markdown project. I would appreciate some more test-readers and some feedback and review how it went. Especially if you know Spanish (the Spanish version is also there in markdown).