nope, you still need a well configured autoconf/make/libtool, and at least cellophane doesn't have that...
buth the pre autogen'ed one compiles on both linux and bsd with some tiny wraps of the gnu gettext code:
IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <locale.h>],
[ extern locale_t wc_locales[]],
[
_nls_avail=yes
AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external],[need-ngettext])
],
[_nls_avail=no])
:-]
