Expression Enginen template engine vs. Native PHP

ee.html

{exp:weblog:entries
    entry_id="47"
    dynamic="off"
    status="not closed"
    disable="categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks"
}
{embed="page/.screen"
    title='{if "{seo_title_{nsm_lang}}" != ''}{seo_title_{nsm_lang}}{if:else}{title}{/if}'
    meta_description="{meta_description_{nsm_lang}}"
}

<!-- col2-right-layout -->
<div class="main-container col2-right-layout">
    <div class="main">
        <div class="breadcrumbs">
            {exp:structure:breadcrumb
                inc_home="yes"
                inc_here="yes"
                here_as_title="yes"
                separator="/"
                wrap_each="li"
                wrap_here="strong"
                wrap_separator="span"
            }
        </div>
        
        <div class="col-main">
            <!-- content -->
             <div class="std disciplines">
                {content_{nsm_lang}}
            </div>
        </div><!-- col-main-->
        
        <div class="col-right sidebar std">
            {code_2col_right}
        </div>http://github.com/erskinedesign/
    </div><!-- main -->
</div><!-- main-container col2-right-layout -->
{embed="page/.screen_footer"}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

ee.phtml

<? $entries = $exp->channel->entries($settings = array(
    'entry_id'  => 47,
    'dynamic'   => 'off',
    'status'    => 'not closed',
    'disable'   => 'categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks'
)); ?>
<? foreach($entries as $entry): ?>
<? $exp->embed("page/.screen", array(
    'title' => $entry->val('seo_title_' . $exp->nsm_lang) ? $entry->var('seo_title_' . $exp->nsm_lang) : $entry->title,
    'meta_description' => $entry->val('meta_description_' . $exp->nsm_lang)
)); ?>

<!-- col2-right-layout -->
<div class="main-container col2-right-layout">
    <div class="main">
        <div class="breadcrumbs">
            <? $exp->structure->breadcrumb(array(
                'inc_home'       => 'yes',
                'inc_here'       => 'yes',
                'here_as_title'  => 'yes',
                'separator'      => '/',
                'wrap_each'      => 'li',
                'wrap_here'      => 'strong',
                'wrap_separator' => 'span'
            )); ?>
        </div>
        
        <div class="col-main">
            <!-- content -->
            
             <div class="std disciplines">
                 <? echo $entry->val('content_' . $exp->nsm_lang); ?>
            </div>
                
        </div><!-- col-main-->   
           
        <div class="col-right sidebar std">
            <? $exp->load('code_2col_right'); ?>
        </div>
    </div><!-- main -->
</div><!-- main-container col2-right-layout -->
<? $exp->embed("page/.screen_footer"); ?>
<? endforeach; //channel->entries ?>