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Hello,
in this particular case, I can confirm that the author has first written it in Russian, than it has been translated by him, and a translator has proof read the text.
I think for a native it might feel spunned, but i got the first edition, which was unreadable in English ;)
and than we had two proof reading sessions until I accepted the text.
Hope this helps !
I made this comment under baccist excellent post.
Last week, invisiblegorilla asked me to only have better content posted. as many authors are not native english speakers, 85% of the posts send to me are refused, and I ask them to get it proof read. I thought that our efforts making the text better would satisfiy everybody, but would never have imagined, that now the posts looks artificial to a native speaker.