After Jerome, there were other translations. Translation wasn't received well - now there was just one more bible. Some of the translations are not by Jerome, e.g. He cast reason from going to hebrew was polemical - the Jews say our bible is correct. The Gallican Psalter from septuagint - then later translated from the Hebrew. Jerome used Origin's library at Ceasarea, especially hexapla. Hexapla - 6 column bible hebrew, transliterated to greek, septuagint, 3 more columns of greek translations. Translation from hebrew was not highly regarded. By modern critical standards it wasn't great understanding, but great for his time. Born 346, well educated in latin classics, learned greek later and hebrew much later 380s. Damasus also finally latinized the liturgy. Immediately revised the Gospels and Psalter. Jerome appointed by Damasus in 383 to revise the current latin translations based on the greek. Even after the Vulgate, people tenaciously hung on to old latin versions even into the 1400s, particularly the psalms. While borrowed words were frowned upon, the bible borrowed a lot from greek and hebrew.
Augustine was put off by the latin bible - poor style. Augustine said few greek and hebrew bibles, but latin translation are without number. Tertullian first great latin father, used existing latin translation. North Africa was start of use of Latin - by 180 they had most of the New Testament. Pope Victor 190 - Jerome said he was first to write in Latin. Greek was 'lingua franca' of Roman Empire and Early Church. There would have been texts with greek and latin either interlinear or side by side. Probably grounded in double reading of texts: greek then latin. Metzger writes on early translations of the bible. There is little information about these translations, even legend.
Prior to vulgate 4C there were 'old latin versions' of the bible with variant readings.
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