Remedies are suggested for difficulties encountered in Latin to English translations by pupils in the fourth and fifth forms of English Grammar schools. Reading skills proficiency is seen as a prerequisite for effective translation, and stave analysis is suggested as a method of solving the problem of gross error in pupils' translations of complex Latin sentences. The importance of comprehending structure (as opposed to word translation) for full understanding of a language is stressed, and linguistic markers as signals of structure are considered as the guiding principles of the method. A short bibliography is included. (JH)