At the end of the fourth century C.E., Augustine believed that “every man who happened to get his hands on a Greek manuscript and who thought that he had any knowledge ​ — be it ever so little — ​ of the two languages ventured upon the work of translation ” into Latin.
4. sajandi lõpupoole avaldas Augustinus arvamust, et „igaüks, kes sai kätte kreekakeelse käsikirja ja kes arvas neist kahest keelest midagi teadvat, püüdis kohe tõlkida seda käsikirja ” ladina keelde.