If gettext is not installed, then all messages in /boot/grub/grub.cfg are in english. $ grep -i gettext `qlist grub` 2>/dev/null|wc -l 298
+ 15 Mar 2014; Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> grub-2.00_p5107-r2.ebuild, + grub-2.02_beta2.ebuild, grub-9999-r1.ebuild: + Add runtime dep on gettext, bug 503858 by Nikoli.