[ImPostingOnHN]

the author can "proofread" it as written in another language with which they're arguably unqualified to work

[Turing_Machine]

Okay, how is that different from them using a (whatever)->English dictionary?

[ImPostingOnHN]

Using such a dictionary instead of the control, a human translator or interpreter, is likely to suffer from the same pitfalls: not knowing a language means you are more susceptible to making errors when the language should be nuanced, and scientific & academic papers seem to be to be nuance-critical productions when it comes to wording