Go in the registery to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Stardock/Drengin.net/GalCiv2
Then edit the "Language" key et set its value to "English".
BTW, I was able to simulate the french version by changing the value of this key to "French" and applying the retail patch to get all French files that were in the patch.
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