Why did Marie-Anne Lavoisier translate English chemistry books for Antoine Lavoisier?

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Portrait of French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, shown in formal 18th-century attire with a white wig and ruffled cravat, looking slightly to his left. — Antoine Lavoisier Antoine Lavoisier.

Marie-Anne Lavoisier translated English chemistry books for her husband, Antoine Lavoisier, primarily because he did not possess the ability to read or speak the English language.12

As an intelligent and dedicated partner, Marie-Anne played a vital role in his scientific career. Beyond her translation work, she became a valuable laboratory assistant who recorded experimental results, used her artistic talents to create detailed drawings and engravings of laboratory apparatus for his publications, and actively campaigned for the acceptance of his new chemical theories.12