diff -ru grub-1.98.orig/include/grub/i18n.h grub-1.98/include/grub/i18n.h
--- grub-1.98.orig/include/grub/i18n.h	2010-03-06 20:51:37.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-1.98/include/grub/i18n.h	2010-04-17 12:16:02.101038329 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 extern const char *(*EXPORT_VAR(grub_gettext)) (const char *s);
 
 /* NLS can be disabled through the configure --disable-nls option.  */
-#if ENABLE_NLS
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 
 # ifdef GRUB_UTIL
 
diff -ru grub-1.98.orig/Makefile.in grub-1.98/Makefile.in
--- grub-1.98.orig/Makefile.in	2010-03-06 20:51:37.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-1.98/Makefile.in	2010-04-17 11:25:56.684892859 +0100
@@ -343,13 +343,6 @@
 	  dest="`echo $$file | sed 's,.*/,,'`"; \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$dir$$file $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/grub/$$dest; \
 	done
-	@langs='$(LINGUAS)'; \
-	for lang in $$langs; do \
-	  $(SHELL) $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/locale/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  file="po/$$lang.mo"; \
-	  if test -f "$$file"; then dir=; else dir="$(srcdir)/"; fi; \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$dir$$file $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/locale/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES/$(PACKAGE).mo; \
-	done
 	$(SHELL) $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
 	@list='$(info_INFOS)'; \
 	for file in $$list; do \
diff -ru grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/00_header.in grub-1.98/util/grub.d/00_header.in
--- grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/00_header.in	2010-03-06 20:51:37.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-1.98/util/grub.d/00_header.in	2010-04-17 12:12:18.683123631 +0100
@@ -132,16 +132,6 @@
   ;;
 esac
 
-# Gettext variables and module
-if [ "x${LANG}" != "xC" ] ; then
-    prepare_grub_to_access_device $(${grub_probe} --target=device ${locale_dir})
-  cat << EOF
-set locale_dir=(\$root)$(make_system_path_relative_to_its_root ${locale_dir})
-set lang=${grub_lang}
-insmod gettext
-EOF
-fi
-
 if [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}" != "x" ] ; then
   if [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET}" = "xtrue" ] ; then
     verbose=
diff -ru grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in grub-1.98/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in
--- grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in	2010-03-06 20:51:37.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-1.98/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in	2010-04-17 11:38:20.051829254 +0100
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@
 EOF
 prepare_grub_to_access_device ${GRUB_DEVICE_BOOT} | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
 cat << EOF
-	echo		$(gettext "Loading GNU Mach ...")
+	echo		"Loading GNU Mach ..."
 	multiboot	${kernel} root=device:${GRUB_DEVICE#/dev/}
 EOF
 save_default_entry | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
 prepare_grub_to_access_device ${GRUB_DEVICE} | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
 cat << EOF
-	echo		$(gettext "Loading the Hurd ...")
+	echo		"Loading the Hurd ..."
 	module		/hurd/${hurd_fs}.static ${hurd_fs} --readonly \\
 			--multiboot-command-line='\${kernel-command-line}' \\
 			--host-priv-port='\${host-port}' \\
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@
 EOF
 prepare_grub_to_access_device ${GRUB_DEVICE_BOOT} | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
 cat << EOF
-	echo		$(gettext "Loading GNU Mach ...")
+	echo		"Loading GNU Mach ..."
 	multiboot	${kernel} root=device:${GRUB_DEVICE#/dev/} -s
 EOF
 save_default_entry | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
 prepare_grub_to_access_device ${GRUB_DEVICE} | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
 cat << EOF
-	echo		$(gettext "Loading the Hurd ...")
+	echo		"Loading the Hurd ..."
 	module		/hurd/${hurd_fs}.static ${hurd_fs} \\
 			--multiboot-command-line='\${kernel-command-line}' \\
 			--host-priv-port='\${host-port}' \\
diff -ru grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in grub-1.98/util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in
--- grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in	2010-03-06 20:51:37.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-1.98/util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in	2010-04-17 11:39:13.831832533 +0100
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   version="$2"
   recovery="$3"	# not used yet
   args="$4"	# not used yet
-  title="$(gettext "%s, with kFreeBSD %s")"
+  title="%s, with kFreeBSD %s"
   printf "menuentry \"${title}\" ${CLASS} {\n" "${os}" "${version}"
   save_default_entry | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
   if [ -z "${prepare_boot_cache}" ]; then
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   fi
   printf '%s\n' "${prepare_boot_cache}"
   cat << EOF
-	echo			$(printf "$(gettext "Loading kernel of FreeBSD %s ...")" ${version})
+	echo			$(printf "Loading kernel of FreeBSD %s ..." ${version})
 	kfreebsd		${rel_dirname}/${basename}
 EOF
 
diff -ru grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/10_linux.in grub-1.98/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
--- grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/10_linux.in	2010-03-06 20:51:37.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-1.98/util/grub.d/10_linux.in	2010-04-17 12:12:11.712421503 +0100
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
   recovery="$3"
   args="$4"
   if ${recovery} ; then
-    title="$(gettext "%s, with Linux %s (recovery mode)")"
+    title="%s, with Linux %s (recovery mode)"
   else
-    title="$(gettext "%s, with Linux %s")"
+    title="%s, with Linux %s"
   fi
   printf "menuentry \"${title}\" ${CLASS} {\n" "${os}" "${version}"
   save_default_entry | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@
   fi
   printf '%s\n' "${prepare_boot_cache}"
   cat << EOF
-	echo	$(printf "$(gettext "Loading Linux %s ...")" ${version})
+	echo	$(printf "Loading Linux %s ..." ${version})
 	linux	${rel_dirname}/${basename} root=${linux_root_device_thisversion} ro ${args}
 EOF
   if test -n "${initrd}" ; then
     cat << EOF
-	echo	$(gettext "Loading initial ramdisk ...")
+	echo	"Loading initial ramdisk ..."
 	initrd	${rel_dirname}/${initrd}
 EOF
   fi