Strategies
Retain: In the vast majority of cases the most appropriate strategy is to retain the Latin name as this ensures the concept being referred to is identified accurately. Latin terms are invariably printed in italics to indicate that it is a different language.
Explain: Latin names alone may not always be appropriate in the target text, especially in cases where the target audience does not have the same background as the original audience (e.g. translating a medical article for a general audience or translating the technical description of a surgical procedure for use in a patient information sheet). In such cases, use the Latin name to identify the common target language name and include this either in parentheses or as an explanatory phrase before or after the Latin term.
Replace: Specialist scientific and technical audiences will almost universally be familiar with Latin terminology, although some may have certain preferences for or against their use. Similarly, virtually all European audiences will recognize Latin as a scientific lingua franca and this means that when translating between any of the European languages, Latin terms will not pose too much of a problem. However, where the target audience or language have had no exposure to Latin, the inclusion of such terms may be confusing and rather pointless. In such cases, Latin terms may be replaced with their common names in the target language.
Finding translations: If you need to find out what a Latin term means in your target language, type it into a search engine along with one or two related words in your target language (you can also search for phrases by enclosing them in quotes). This should return a list of pages in your target language which contain the Latin term; one of them is bound to contain a translation for you. If you type in a Latin term and it produces no results, it may be because it has been misspelled. In such cases, search engines such as Google may propose alternative spellings or you can try entering a shorter fragment of the term and performing a fuzzy search. This can also be done in Google using a ~ in front of the search term.