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Specifically: Investigate German, French and Spanish.

American#

Missions#

Slingshot#

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After destroying the bus windows, Gary's "Come on, let's go down to the football field." quote's subtitles are missing the period.

The Eggs#

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One of the quotes' subtitles Justin might say while fighting has a grammar error.
The subtitle has both the indefinite and definite articles. The latter is not said.

Weed Killer#

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When meeting Bif at the lobby, his "Sure thing." quote's subtitles are written with odd grammar.
"Thing" is capitalised and the period is missing.

Panty Raid#

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When giving the laundry to Mr. Burton, Jimmy's "I hope these are worth all the trouble I just went through." quote's subtitles are missing the period.

The Tenements#

When confronting Hal on the balcony, one of the words in his line's subtitle string differs from what he actually says, which shows this quote got censored.
Hal says "butt" but the subtitles read "ass".

Filename

Audio

Transcript

Subtitle

Hal_3-05_009_v1

I'm gonna smoke your butt with my boot.

I'm gonna smoke your ass with my boot.

The Rumble#

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If the player attempts to leave New Coventry, the game will prompt them to go back, and New Coventry is misspelled as "New Conventry".

The Big Game#

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After carrying out Bucky's part of the plan, Dan's "You should come this way" quote's subtitles are missing the period.

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When approaching the cheerleaders, Pinky might say "Please dance for me!".
The subtitles contain a typo, having a period before the exclamation point.

Watch on YouTubeAdditionally, there's a mismatch with one of the quotes she uses if the player doesn't perform the Cow Dance.
She'll say "Come over here, the mascot's totally screwed up!" but the subtitles read "Everybody! The mascot's trying to make us look bad!"

Busting In Part II#

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On the way to the chem plant, Zoe's "Now that we have the power restored, we've got to get to the chem plant..." quote's subtitles read "got get to".
They also have an unnecessary period when playing in English and German.

Final Showdown#

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One of Gary's lines is missing a period at the end of the sentence "My plan was coming together.".

Chapter V Transition#

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The sixth chapter's text is featured with an Arabic numeral, instead of a Roman numeral like the other chapters.

Minigames#

Photography Class#

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The tutorial box in Photography 2 when targeting a non-student ped misspells "targeting" as "targetting".

Errands#

Swim It#

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The subtitles for Justin explaining the errand have a grammatical error.
"You just don't have [...]" has "are" written after "You".

Crab Traps#

The subtitles for Mr. Martin differ from what he actually says.

Filename

Audio

Transcript

Subtitle

Martin_CRAB_001_v3

The customers will love these crabs.

The customers will love these ones.

Italian#

Missions#

A Little Help#

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In the second cutscene, when the hobo appears, his "Get out of here, you little scum." subtitle refers to a single person ("tu", instead of the more appropriate "voi").

This was fixed in Scholarship Edition.

Russell In the Hole#

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Gary's "I know! Russell, go beat that little jerk" subtitle misspells Russell's name as Russel.

This was fixed in Scholarship Edition.

Chapter II Transition#

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The subtitle for Jimmy's "With Russell pacified" sentence misspells Russell's name as Russel.

This was fixed in Scholarship Edition.

The Tenements#

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When found by Norton, Jimmy replies with "(are you) taking out the trash?".

This was fixed in Scholarship Edition.

Chapter III Transition#

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Jimmy's "No. I think I'll do that more publicly." subtitle has the word "think" written with a capital C, despite the "No" being followed by a comma.

This was fixed in Scholarship Edition.

Discretion Assured#

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Mandy's "OK, I just wanted to be popular..." subtitle has the word "wanted" written with a capital V, despite the "OK" being followed by a comma.

This was fixed in Scholarship Edition.

Galloway Away#

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In the ending cutscene, Mr. Hattrick's name is spelled "Hatrick".

Although Hatrick used to be his earlier name, this is likely unrelated and just a typo, given that every single other instance uses the updated spelling.