GOG version here.
Same feeling here. The french localization is bad, especially if Larian had paid for that.
Blank lines are not file corruption. The french localization file (french.xml) holds blank reference i.e something like that : <content contentuid="unique UID"> </content>. Remove these lines to see the english version. One exemple :
French (Ligne #68) :
<content contentuid="h00c0fad4g384bg4321gb90egeb71dd6d087b"> </content>
English (Line #71) :
<content contentuid="h00c0fad4g384bg4321gb90egeb71dd6d087b">Aahh! Damn you, Hunter! You failed me!</content>
We can't see that ingame. Furthermore there are lines in the french.xml that don't exist in the english' one (old beta leftovers ?). And a lot are missing in french. English.xml holds 20254 (!) lines whereas French.xml has "only" 19362 lines (diff : 892 lines without reference to those blank lines). And last, some sentences are mixed between french and english (wrong translation for the same UID).
For me, french player it's a problem - my english is not as good to enjoy this great game in shakespear language
As Durmir said : get your money back guys !
