I would return it if it's not too inconvenient and if they have an English version, too.
On the other hand, unlike later games STW has all language files for all versions.
You find the English ones under Total War\Shogun - Total War\loc\eng once you have the game installed. If you just copy those to Total War\Shogun - Total War\loc\french it should change all texts into English.
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