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At the end of a certain teacher's video lessons, the teacher always says
以上で今日の勉強を終わりにします, and while I understand the sentence as a whole I don't grasp
how exactly 以上で works in it. Could someone explain and provide an extremely
literal translation of the whole sentence?
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Could someone explain the function of 以上で here?
以上で basically means here, "and with that,..."

So, in the sentence from your class, 以上で今日の勉強を終わりにします, could be translated
"and with that, our studies today are done."
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An extremely literal translation of 以上 would be "the above". When used as a
standalone word (i.e. not preceded by a quantity), it refers to what has been
said up to the point it is uttered. In the case of (horizontal) writing,
"above" can be understood quite literally.

Normally, what is referred to has some length, like an argument as opposed to
a single statement. If 以上 follows a short statement, it has a similar effect
to reading out "period" in English. You are basically saying you got nothing
else to say.

In your case, it refers to the whole of what is taught or discussed during the
course of the class. An extremely literal translation of the whole sentence
would be something like:

> 以上で今日の勉強を終わりにします。  
>  With the above, (I/we) take today's studies as finished.
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