Translation is always a derivation, never a creation. The translator’s position in the background of the literary work is almost always predetermined. His or her role is to remain in the shadow i.e. invisible, and to pave the way for the writer in the target literary system. This is often achieved through obvious and necessary refractions or interventions which at the same time signal the presence of the translator, but make him or her obscure. The aim of this thesis is to translate the short stories “Victory Lap” and “Escape From Spiderhead” from the short story collection Tenth of December: Stories (2013) by George Saunders and by analyzing the translations to determine which kind of refractions and changes had to occur in order to achieve and retain the translator’s invisibility, and what are the consequences of these changes for both the source text and the translation. André Lefevere’s notion of “refractions” and Lawrence Venuti’s notions of “inscription” and “remainder” are used as a starting point in exploring the translator’s invisibility in the analyses of the translations of the two short stories. Language and cultural differences are the main reason for applying refractions. As a result of this, refractions can be depicted as the translator’s invisibility cloak. In turn, the translator’s invisibility encourages the visibility of the literary work and its writer.