Uses of the pluperfect subjunctive

[dupond]

Hi everyone

I recently came across the following sentence and translation on http://context.reverso.net/traduccio...s/en+lugar+de:

Hubiera disfrutado mucho en lugar de morir ahogado.

He could be having such a good time instead of being in that awful shipwreck.

Is the translation correct? I've never seen the pluperfect subjunctive used that way before.


Thanks