Comment by Groxx
tbh I don't think "researches language structure" has much at all of a correlation with "uses language in a pheasant manner".
it happens to with Tolkein. but it's kinda like claiming a compiler optimization specialist is a good video game developer simply because games use compilers.
I've been comparing Iliad translations. Some of best classicists, who best understand Greek and the original text, are lousy poets.