After Effects - UK Version vs German Version

I got a AE project from US. The problem is that after the conversion, the project doesn't run, because some effects weren't known correctls.
Is it possible to run the German und UK version simultaneously on my PC?

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2010/06/running-after-effects-cs5-in-e.html
Applies to CS6 as well.
Mylenium

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    12/12/14 15:41:23:480 | [INFO] |  | OOBE | DE |  |  |  | 49532 | Deciding what installer mode to use...
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    12/12/14 15:41:23:533 | [INFO] |  | OOBE | DE |  |  |  | 49532 | Value returned on lookup of payload: Adobe After Effects CC 2014 Support_13.1.1_AdobeAfterEffects13SupportAll 13.1.1.0 {5678CF8D-3B5F-4CC6-B150-48945A838E63} is: true
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    12/12/14 18:38:30:760 | [INFO] |  | OOBE | DE |  |  |  | 49532 | -----------------

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