I think I speak for many here when I say that picking the 'best' translation of an old/classic book out of the numerous translations that exist can be bloody irritating at times. There always seems to be 2/3 translations that different people recommend for different reasons.

I was in a bookshop last month and they stocked two different translations of the same book. One had over 100 pages more than the other.

I have recently started to do a variation of this as I wasn't remembering as much as I wanted to from the non-fiction books I was reading. Now, as I am reading, I imagine the words in my head in picture form, like I am there witnessing what I am reading. It has definitely worked so far, and I find myself getting drawn into the book more.