The problem of both quantity and quality of research publications in English by Russian scientists in high-ranking journals is still relevant today. In the absence of specialized training in academic writing at technical universities, researchers have to rely on self-study or on the translator and language proofreaders help. However, the skills of independent analytical writing develop more slowly than all other skills, and in the process of translating a scientific text into a foreign language, both logic and content may be distorted or misinterpreted.