How to translate a latin story!

Here are some tips!

• Locate the subject in the sentence.
• Identify what form the verb is.
• Is it active or passive? What tense is it?
• Check for clues of a subjunctive clause.
• Never translate in the order of the Latin words!

When figuring out the meaning of a word...

• Check for context clues.
• Keep trying to figure it out!
• Look back through old translations for the word.
• If it's a verb, make sure you have the correct tense.
• If you can't figure it out, check the dictionary, or ask magistra.

Here are some examples...

• Miser servus totiens a domino verberatur ut capiti valde nocuerit.
• The subject is the slave.
• The verb is perfect active tense SUBJUNCTIVE (sentence is result clause).
• Translation: The miserable slave was beaten so many times by the master... 
• that his head was now injured. 

If i didn't know what one of the words meant...

• I could have used context clues, 
• or whatever else i could have to figure it out.

Hope this helped!