As a person responsible for the production and directing of Polish VO, I'll answer your
questions about VO in other languages than Polish:

1. Why we will never start producing VO in language other than Polish:

I can't devote another year of my life to work 8-14 hours a day on a project that has already been released, for which I will not receive any money and for which I had to pay extra from my own pocket many, many times. Four years was enough for me. Sorry.
I can't afford it.

I have other responsibilities, a few jobs and a family to support.

Can I be replaced? Probably so, but at the moment, there is no one who would like to undertake it.

It is different to direct a VO in your mother tongue than in a foreign one. I might be able to deal with English, but it's impossible to direct actors not knowing the language (German, Italian, Russian, Spanish etc.)

2. But why not asking the community?

If community wants to do VO by their own- no problem. The requirements for what VO we'll accept are publicly available on our discord.

3. Why not ask THQ NORDIC? for assistance?

Claiming that THQ Nordic would finance it is nothing more than naive.
THQ Nordic has no interest in TCoM, and certainly in investing in this project.
Why would they have? They have a brand that they want to refresh in their own way.
From their point of view, it is another community product - no matter how big and popular.

4. "It can't be that hard right?"

Well - It is. This mod contains 52,000 lines of dialogue - The Witcher 3 and other large AAA titles have a comparable number, if not less. Although I understand how much community is in love with Gothic - you have to accept the fact that it is a niche franchise.

Also. Don't forget, we are a bunch of dudes, not a gamedev studio, and good VO costs money. Lots of money.

4. What about fundraising?

We are not interested in taking responsibility for someone else's money, whether we're talking about two dollars or tens of thousands.

Not to mention the fact that the real problems would occure later. Doubts, accusations and demands. No, thank you.

5. Why did you do the VO in Polish and not in English, like any normal team?

Because we are Poles, and we aimed mainly at the Polish community with this mod.

Not to mention that doing it in your native language was much simpler, cheaper and we were able to invite some famous Polish actors to cooperate.

We are extremely happy that the mod is also known in other countries. But for VO in English, we don't have the strength, time or money for this task. I can olny hope that this mythical language does not bother you in your adventures on Archolos.

If there are any other questions - I will try to answer them as soon as possible.