Deleting "Language files" to free up space?

I'd previously read about deleting Language files to free up space, but the one program I'd looked at on Version Tracker was complained about by lots of Intel-based Mac users. Something about not being able to use PPC-only applications afterward. I don't remember exactly.
I would like to free up some extra space by deleting the extra Language files. Any suggestions of the best way to do so?
I am using an iMac G4 PPC

Have a look at DeLocalizer. It's fairly 'old' now, but it works perfectly even now in OS 10.4.9 because it only removes .lproj resources and nothing else. Don't be put off by seeing that it hasn't been updated for a long time: it simply doesn't need updating because Unix hasn't changed and still uses .lproj resources. I and many others are still using it and freeing up a lot of space; I run it after every large upgrade/update. Be aware that it takes quite a time (allow, say, 15 minutes on your G4) to check your entire drive. The only known caveats concern Acrobat Pro and Linotype FontExplorer X – see this doc.

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If your hard drive is getting full, you need to free up, at least, 20 GBs of space on your iMac's hard drive.
If your Mac is running a fairly recent version of OS X, here are some general guidelines.
Follow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive.
Have you emptied your iMac's Trash icon in the Dock?
If you use iPhoto, iPhoto has its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
Other things you can do to gain space.
Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
When you install and launch it, let it run the automatic ans S.M,A.R.T. tests, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run the tabs that have the ability to clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be archived or moved, also, to the optical discs, flash drives or external hard drive and then either archived to disc and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
Good Luck!

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so, I was just cleaning up my harddrive. I just deleted another 2GB and yet.. free disk space did not increase. Not even a tiny bit. What am I missing here? The files were an old project that I moved to an external drive. Yet free disk space is stubbornly remaining at precicely 59.47GB.. Why is this happening to me?... There IS a God, and he hates me?
This is totally baffling..

Linc,
ok, I admit I'm overreacting. However.. I'm read local snapshots start deleting themselves when 80% of the disk is full. I'm a total layperson.. but, maybe that's because HDDs are said to operate best when there's at least 20% free? So if the local snapshots were indeed totally harmless, why would they need to curate themselves this way, why not just fill up ALL the free space, or 99% instead of 80%? I might be mistaken.. but in general, the more free disk space, the better, right? It means less fragmentation and more room for the system and swap space, etc... that is what I meant by cluttering up your drive. Who's to say 30% free wouldn't be better, especially considering that I almost never actually have to use TM.
Yet Apple does not even allow me to turn it off in the TM preferences, forcing power users to resort to terminal workarounds, stranding intermediate users like me since I do not mess with terminal (yes I know I must seem like a n00b but unlike, say, my mom, I can actually grasp most of the concepts invovled and am usually capable of making an informed choice about how I want my own darn computer to handle my own darn files), and of course safely guarding the dumbest...everyone's mom...um..the beginner users from having to understand anything for it to "just work". Gurrrr..

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Ok I screwed up big time I think. I used Monolingual to delete what I thought were unnecessary files. I have intel version of software I use like Dreamweaver, Acrobat and Photoshop. Well neither of them want to start now. I can only put it down to me removing the language files and achitectures. I have English and English United Kingdom as my only language files. After that is the only language I ever use.
Could that be responsible for the problems with Photoshop Acrobat and Dreamweaver? Thunderbird, Firefox, Word, Excel, Xcode, ImageReady, Fireworks, Shake, Final Cut Pro and Blender all work just fine.
My computer is a Macbook Pro with 2GB RAM, Dual processor and 160GB HD 70GB of which is free space.
I have tried to install the above software so this problem really intrigues me. I am not really sure of any sort of activity monitor as I have only been using Macs for a few months. So sorry for I sound like a total newbie here.

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Trust me I've been down this path once. When you remove all the required frameworks needed you cannot get them back by Archive and Install because the A&I will preserve parts of the installed OS that you don't want preserved.
Do your backup, but do an Erase and Install then reinstall all your third-party software.

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James

Yes, OS X.3 provides the secure empty trash option, but don't worry: it's effect is to mangle the data so the file is unrecoverable — unless you use FBI methods which require priceless equipment. It doesn't encrypt anything in any way, nor does it make extra copies or whatever.
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