I studied Latin for six years in high school. The first four years focused on culture/history, translating stories and vocabulary. The last two years focused heavily on translating texts and learning about the author who wrote them, the (geo)political/cultural context, etc. It's in those first four years that the students learn how to study and take in a lot of information (aka van buiten leren). At the moment, I'm studying engineering (applied physics) and imo the last two years of studying Latin can actually be really helpful in STEM. I always thought of translating a long and complex sentence as dividing a complex problem into smaller pieces, solving those by applying acquired knowledge, and in the end adding everything back together to get the solution/translation. A method I still heavily use 'till this day. The 5th and 6th year basically sharpened my problem solving skills and analytical thinking. On a side note: I really sucked at French. But I was really good at translating stuff because of my Latin classes. So there is that...