In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.
Example: Un bărbat pune brânză mărunțită pe o pizza.
Example solution: A man is spreading shreded cheese on a pizza.
Example explanation: In the given translation process, the tense of both sentences, quantitative measures, entity name, the polarity of the sentence remains the same.

Problem: În 1999, cu doi ani înainte de moartea sa, domnul Nielsen i-a spus unui intervievator că el crede că roca va trăi mai mult ca el.
Solution: In 1999, two years before his death, Mr. Nielsen told an interviewer that he thought the rock face would outlive him by many years.