what's nice about this: Once you know that Spatium = Space, you
  can scan through for keywords that transliterate well into a
  language that you know better and comprehend the entirety of the
  text from a "all at once in chunks" perspective.

  Example: continuum spatio-temporale = space-time continuum

  Also, knowing that this is a modern article, the knowledge
  within it will likely correspond to modern knowledge, so you can
  use what you already know about "space" to fill it in even
  further - and THEN fill in the missing parts.