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Ms. Voigt — even more than other native-speakers — is especially comfortable singing in English, and known for her expressivity in the language.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2010

The latter goal involved using archaic-sounding words as much as possible, although I preferred words that would be familiar to educated native-speakers of contemporary English, rather than genuinely archaic words.

From Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse by Cropley, Arthur