If your copy is locked to a specific language (e.g., Russian), standard settings won't show English. You have two primary options:

The is more than just a mod; for many players worldwide, it is the only way to experience the game as the developers intended. Troy Baker’s performance as Pagan Min is iconic, and losing that to a regional distribution quirk is a genuine shame.

Replace with:

A: Not elegantly. You’d need to keep multiple data_win32 folders and swap them + XML edits. Possible but tedious.

If you have the (no dismemberment, Pagan’s final scene altered), the English pack will not restore gore. That requires a separate “uncut patch” (different thread). But the voice acting will be fixed.

To "reclaim" their game, players turned to community-driven solutions. The "story" of the language pack usually involves a series of complex maneuvers: