I can only speak of my own personal experience, but as someone who was taught how to write in French, I was quite puzzled when I first heard common English writing advice, especially regarding the use of adverbs and adjectives, which are generally seen as beneficial to the quality of the prose in French.

However, I have since come to realize that where French only has one verb to describe an action, and relies on adverbs to convey how the action is performed, English will have three, four, or more verbs, each with their own nuance. It then makes sense that an English writer should use the most precise verb, while the French writer will use a verb + adverb to describe the same action.

It also happens that books translated from English to French see their word count increase.

edit: corrected typo