Real Spent Translation

Not to be confused with the so-called "real spent translation" (which, as you might guess, is a later fake and was never released on disks).

Installation: select the localization you like and copy the contents of the corresponding folder into the game folder, confirming the replacement. In the game itself, the top language should be selected in the language menu (it may be called differently). Don't forget to make copies of the original files.

Here I have collected 4 pirated localizations that were actually sold in stores in the 2000s (if you believe StopGame).

1. Localization from "XXI veka"

The very legendary spent translation, from which it all began. Made by hand by people who compensate for insufficient knowledge of the language with their imagination.

Translation authors: NoRG.

Distinctive features:

1) Crooked fonts

2) 4 and 6 are replaced with Ч and Б, the letters З and Э are replaced with the number 3, the letters Ё-Й-Щ-Ъ are replaced with Е-И-Ш-Ь

3) No wanted stars

4) Absence of capital Latin letters, because of which game hints are almost always displayed incorrectly

5) Translated names of transport, districts and interiors

6) Huge number of errors and typos

Keywords: potracheno, slomano, sidodzhi, s', gobelen petushki i aloe, kanaet v kino na kanoe, grasnoe grafstvo, zadis' na velosiped, styag, hlev bezumnyh sobak, rozovaya shelka, izvinyayushchayasya zadnitsa, sladen'kiy, priznaki vybrosheny, slat, vrashchat'sya.

2. Localization from 7wolf

The same translation, but slightly modified.

Distinctive features:

1) More accurate fonts than in the first case

2) Numbers are saved in normal form, the letter Э is used instead of the letter З, the remaining letters are replaced as well, sometimes you can see Й

3) Wanted stars are replaced with square brackets

4) Latin is preserved, hints are rewritten and displayed correctly

P. 5 and 6 are the same

3. Localization from Triada

The same translation, but with slightly different fonts, minor text edits, no capital Latin letters and with a square bracket.

4. Localization from Tycoon

The second legendary pirated translation, mostly machine-translated.

Distinctive features:

1) The most beautiful and accurate fonts among pirated localizations

2) Normal numbers and alphabet (but without the letter Ё)

3) Good translation of some missions (and not only at the beginning)

4) Original fonts and alphabet are preserved

5) Names of transport and districts are not translated

6) Huge number of grammatical errors

7) Incorrect spacing in some subtitles

Keywords: ulitsa roshchi, na urovne grunta, mestopolozhenie, trahanie, dopolnitel'noe padenie, kapyushon, narodnoe nazvanie Londona, ob''ezdchik loshadej, rassmatrivayu pol'zu, uglerodistyi plastmass, poehat' na drobovike, SSHA, fryknut', holod, prohladen, tsarapina eto, chelovek, yu fal'shivka, Dymovuha, v smyatku, shvachen.

Video from StopGame about pirated translations:

A selection of memes from translations:

P. S. There are some doubts that the first 3 localizations belong to "XXI veku", "Triade" and 7wolf. Some moments contradict the StopGame video. At least, the sources from where I took the translations indicated these offices. I myself did not find the "spent" times, because I became interested in GTA much later.