By getting close to the source of the original tongues and documents and by rendering them into the living language of the day, Jerome anticipated modern translation methods by a thousand years.
این اثر او وولگات نامیده شد که به معنی ترجمهٔ عامی است ،‏ و قرن‌ها مورد استفادهٔ مردم بود .‏