Original sentence: It was during this period that Luther, under the name of Junker Jörg (the Knight George), translated the New Testament into German, the first translation into a modern language in over a millennium
Edited sentence: It was during this period that Luther, under the name of Junker Jörg (the Knight George), began one of the greatest works of all time by translated the New Testament into German.This was the first time in over a millennium that the Bible became available in a common tongue of the people, as it had been only available to the clergy in what had eventually became the dead tongue of latin