Weimar in 1793. Translations Bode's translations had a significant influence on German literature, making many notable foreign works available in German for the first time. Among his best known were: Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey, as Yoriks empfindsame Reise (1768) Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, as Tristram Shandys Leben (1774) Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, as Dorfprediger von Wakefield (1776) Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1786–88) References 1730 births 1793 deaths German translators Writers from Braunschweig People from Brunswick-Lüneburg German male non-fiction writers 18th-century German translators