Final Fantasy (NES)
English -> Latin Translation
by abw
Version 1.0 (99%)
Release Date: March 14, 2010

About the patch:
	Working on FF6 was becoming more and more like work than fun, so I decided to pick up a smaller project to revive my interest in translating video games, and what better than the original Final Fantasy?

Progress:
	I'm calling it version 1.0, but this is not *quite* a complete translation. I was too lazy to bother with the fancy "FINAL FANTASY" graphics on the world map and bridge/ship game screens, or to figure out and recode the drawing of the "The End" text at the end of the game. Those few instances aside, the remainder of the game is entirely in Latin.


Thanks to Lenophis' Battle DTE fixer upper patch, without which the enemy names would have had to be shortened considerably. As it is, instead of being totally incomprehensible, the Latin names merely suffer from roughly the same amount of degradation due to abbreviation as the English names did. Speaking of abbreviation, here's a handy list of the game's spells in English, Latin, and unabbreviated Latin for anybody who doesn't want to try guesing what TIGN might mean:

CURE	CURA
HARM	NOCE (NOCETE)
FOG 	TEGE
RUSE	IMGN (IMAGINES)
FIRE	IGNS (IGNIS)
SLEP	DORM (DORMITE)
LOCK	PIGR (PIGRA)
LIT 	FULM (FULMEN)
LAMP	LUX
MUTE	AVOX
ALIT	TFUL (TEGE FULMINE)
INVS	VANS (VANESCE)
ICE 	GELU (GELUS)
DARK	NOX
TMPR	TMPR (TEMPERA)
SLOW	TARD (TARDATE)
CUR2	CUR2 (CURA II)
HRM2	NOC2 (NOCETE II)
AFIR	TIGN (TEGE IGNE)
HEAL	SANA (SANATE)
FIR2	IGN2 (IGNIS II)
HOLD	TENE
LIT2	FUL2 (FULMEN II)
LOK2	PIG2 (PIGRATE)
PURE	PURA
FEAR	METU (METUS)
AICE	TGEL (TEGE GELU)
AMUT	VOX
SLP2	DRM2 (DORMITE II)
FAST	CITE
CONF	TURB (TURBATE)
ICE2	GEL2 (GELUS II)
CUR3	CUR3 (CURA III)
LIFE	VITA
HRM3	NOC3 (NOCETE III)
HEL2	SAN2 (SANATE II)
FIR3	IGN3 (IGNIS III)
BANE	PEST (PESTILENTIA)
WARP	REDI (REDITE)
SLO2	TRD2 (TARDA MAIUS)
SOFT	MOLL (MOLLI)
EXIT	EXIT (EXITE)
FOG2	TEG2 (TEGETE)
INV2	VAN2 (VANSCETE)
LIT3	FUL3 (FULMEN III)
RUB 	MORS
QAKE	MOTU (MOTUM TERRAE)
STUN	STUP (STUPEFACE)
CUR4	CUR4 (CURA IV)
HRM4	NOC4 (NOCETE IV)
ARUB	TMOR (TEGE MORTE)
HEL3	SAN3 (SANATE III)
ICE3	GEL3 (GELUS III)
BRAK	STAT (STATUA)
SABR	TMP2 (TERMPERA II)
BLND	CAEC (CAECA)
LIF2	VIT2 (VITA II)
FADE	AMOV (AMOVEMINI)
WALL	TOMN (TEGE OMNIBUS)
XFER	INER (INERMES)
NUKE	FLAM (FLAMMA)
STOP	SIST (SISTITE)
ZAP!	EDUC (EDUCITE)
XXXX	XXXX

Thanks also to William A. Whitaker and his WORDS program for providing the world with a Latin spell-checker and teaching me the correct spelling of the word "quattuor" :p

Contact:
	Fan mail, insults, comments, suggestions and the like can all be sent to tempestas.caput@gmail.com. I only read mail infrequently, however, so don't be upset if you don't receive a response in a timely manner :p