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I was listening to the Final Fantasy X soundtrack the other day, specifically
the famous track _To Zanarkand_ which has the Japanese title of ザナルカンドにて and I
realized I don't have a clue what function the にて is playing in that title.

I realize the title translates as "To" as in the direction one is heading to,
but I would have expected that to be either へ, に, or 途中. I don't fully trust
that にて actually means "To" because other title translations for these
soundtracks have, in the past, been translated liberally.

What exactly is this にて and what is its function to translate the phrase with
"To"? What does it actually mean, and how? Also, how does this にて come to be
in the language?
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にて is simply a formal way of saying で (as in the particle for location or
means). It's common in announcements and official documents. I don't know its
linguistic history, but if you search the web you can occasionally see the
name of this song translated as "In Zanarkand" or "At Zanarkand", which is
more literally. I think "To Zanarkand" just sounds more dramatic in English.
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