Thank you for this honorable post. Since I got sick of Germo-Austrian mindset 4 years ago, it was a convenient Goodbye to the past. German has to come naturally otherwise I'm avoiding selling my soul ;) In science it depends highly on your discipline, where you come from, where you want to go, what you want to achieve. There are pro- and opponents. Exceptionally, this time a voice from the opposite side: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/english-language-science-can-cause-problems-180961623/