Translation of The Shining by Stephen King

This was one of the most challenging projects so far - translating "The Shining" by Stephen King. The whole idea behind this project was to find older translations of best-selling books and read them to see if the translator did a good job.

Having read the original recently, I thought it would be a good idea to find the Romanian translation and read it as well.

As someone who has previously read the book in English, I can say that it was almost as if I was reading two different books. Some parts were translated word-by-word and didn't make much sense in Romanian. I always said that the best translations are the ones that don't give away the fact that they were translated. So, from day one, I needed to make sure my version sounds natural, the sentences flow natural, and the expressions are replaced with Romanian expressions that have a similar meaning.

Translating the perspective of a 5 years old little boy was a challenge, but I ended up enjoying translating Danny's chapters very much. After finishing the translation I had to compare my translation to the existing one and explain why my choice of words was better.📄