The Vulgate is the Latin Bible that the Roman Catholic Church used as its standard text for well over a thousand years.

The Vulgatethe Vulgate is the Latin Bible是那部拉丁文聖經 that the Roman Catholic Church天主教會 used as its standard text把它當作標準文本使用 for well over a thousand years用了超過一千年

Around AD 382 a scholar called Jerome was asked to fix the Latin Bibles then in use, which disagreed with each other; he revised the Gospels and later translated much of the Old Testament from Hebrew. The version that grew out of his work slowly became THE Bible of the western Church, and at the Council of Trent (1546) the Church declared it the official text.

Around AD 382大約西元382年 a scholar called Jerome一位叫耶柔米的學者 was asked被要求 to fix the Latin Bibles then in use修訂當時流通的拉丁文聖經 which disagreed with each other這些聖經彼此不一致 he他 revised the Gospels修訂了四福音書 and later後來又 translated much of the Old Testament from Hebrew把大部分舊約從希伯來文翻譯過來。The version that grew out of his work從他的成果發展出來的版本 slowly became慢慢成為 THE Bible of the western Church西方教會的《聖經》 and而 at the Council of Trent (1546)在1546年的天特會議上 the Church教會 declared it the official text宣布它是官方文本

Note two things students often miss. First, it is almost always written with a capital V and with 'the' in front: 'the Vulgate', not 'a vulgate'. Second, it is a name for one particular book, so you cannot say 'a Latin vulgate' meaning any Latin Bible.

Note注意 two things students often miss兩件學生常常忽略的事。First第一 it它 is almost always written幾乎都寫成 with a capital V大寫的V and with 'the' in front而且前面加『the』 'the Vulgate''the Vulgate' not而不是 'a vulgate''a vulgate'。Second第二 it它 is a name for one particular book是指某一部特定書的名字 so所以 you cannot say你不能說 'a Latin vulgate''a Latin vulgate' meaning意思是 any Latin Bible任何一本拉丁文聖經

Since the 1970s Catholics have mostly used newer translations in their own languages, and there is even a revised Latin version called the Nova Vulgata, so the old Vulgate now belongs mainly to history, to scholarship, and to church music, where Latin texts are still sung. The word is rare in everyday English and belongs to books about religion or history.

Since the 1970s從1970年代起 Catholics天主教徒 have mostly used多半使用 newer translations in their own languages自己語言的新譯本 and而且 there is even有一個 a revised Latin version修訂過的拉丁文版本 called the Nova Vulgata叫做Nova Vulgata so所以 the old Vulgate舊的Vulgate now belongs mainly現在主要屬於 to history, to scholarship, and to church music歷史、學術，還有教會音樂 where Latin texts are still sung在那裡拉丁文文本仍被吟唱。The word這個字 is rare in everyday English在日常英文裡很少見 and而且 belongs to books about religion or history屬於宗教或歷史類的書

Very occasionally, in academic writing about literature, 'vulgate' with a small v means the ordinary, commonly accepted version of a text — but a student will meet the Bible meaning far more often.

Very occasionally非常偶爾 in academic writing about literature在討論文學的學術寫作裡 'vulgate' with a small v小寫的vulgate means指的是 the ordinary, commonly accepted version of a text一份文本普通、大家公認的版本 but但是 a student學生 will meet the Bible meaning遇到聖經那個意思 far more often的次數多得多

The name itself is worth knowing: the Latin behind it means 'made common', 'given out to everybody'. It was called that not as an insult but as a compliment — this was the Bible ordinary people could hear in the language of their daily life. That is a nice irony, because centuries later Latin became the language that ordinary people could NOT understand, and reformers attacked the Vulgate for exactly the opposite reason.

The name itself這個名字本身 is worth knowing值得了解 the Latin behind it背後的拉丁文 means意思是 'made common''變成普通的' 'given out to everybody''分給每一個人'。It它 was called that not as an insult被這樣稱呼不是侮辱 but as a compliment而是讚美 this was the Bible這是一本聖經 ordinary people一般人 could hear聽得懂 in the language of their daily life用他們日常生活的語言。That is a nice irony這是個不錯的諷刺 because因為 centuries later幾百年後 Latin拉丁文 became the language變成了一種語言 that ordinary people一般人 could NOT understand完全聽不懂的語言 and而 reformers宗教改革者 attacked the Vulgate抨擊Vulgate for exactly the opposite reason理由正好相反