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You are writing in English and quoting an English statement, why not use the native ("") quoting style ?

• mdp2021 5y ago
  They are ambiguous as used for both quotation and figurative rhetoric. So some prefer to disambiguate: '«veni, vidi, "vici"», said the epigone of Pyrrhus'.
• Wildgoose 5y ago
  Because the quoted text included quotes. I'm an IT Developer, I instinctively shy away from ambiguous nesting.