It is a proverb of sorts that a lot gets lost in translation. I don't remember if it was you or your alter ego who expressed an interest in learning Latin. I now occasionally enjoy going back to Caesar, using a "trot" (translation) when I get stuck. I get more out of Caesar now than I did in highschool. With the translation beside the original, working from one to the other, you might get enough out of it to make it enjoyable. Of course you will not get the fine points the way you would doing it the hard way.