diff --git a/make/gettext.mk b/make/gettext.mk
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+GETTEXT_LOCALE              ?= $(notdir $(shell $(PWD)))
+
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs.mk
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/rules.mk
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/dev-utils.mk
+
+GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO          ?= $(PROJECT).po
+GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT         ?= $(PROJECT).pot
+
+GETTEXT_POT                 ?= $(wildcard *.pot)
+GETTEXT_PO                  ?= $(patsubst %.pot,%.po,$(GETTEXT_POT))
+GETTEXT_MO                  ?= $(patsubst %.po,%.mo,$(GETTEXT_PO))
+GETTEXT_INPUT_DIRS          ?= $(wildcard $(TOPDIR)/tools $(TOPDIR)/src $(TOPDIR)/conf)
+GETTEXT_INPUT_EXTS          ?= php cpp conf
+GETTEXT_INPUT_FILES         ?= $(foreach d,$(GETTEXT_INPUT_DIRS),\
+	$(shell find $d -name translate-me $(foreach ext,$(GETTEXT_INPUT_EXTS),-o -name '*.$(ext)')))
+GETTEXT_KEYWORDS            ?= htr ehtr $(GETTEXT_EXTRA_KEYWORDS)
+GETTEXT_LINKS               ?= LC_MESSAGES
+
+all: $(GETTEXT_MO) | $(GETTEXT_LINKS)
+clean: clean-mo
+	$(RM) -rf *~ .*.swp
+install: install_MO
+distclean: clean
+test:
+
+extract: $(GETTEXT_POT)
+clean-mo:
+	$(RM) -f *.mo *.tmp
+
+$(GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT):
+	xgettext --from-code=utf-8 --package-name $(PROJECT) --package-version $(DIST_VERSION) \
+		--default-domain $(PROJECT) $(addprefix -k,$(GETTEXT_KEYWORDS)) \
+		--output $@.tmp $(XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTS) $(GETTEXT_INPUT_FILES)
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+
+init: $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT)
+	msginit --no-translator --locale $(GETTEXT_LOCALE) \
+		--output-file $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO).tmp --input $<
+	sed -i 's/charset=ASCII/charset=UTF-8/' $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO).tmp
+	mv $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO).tmp $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO)
+
+merge: $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT)
+	msgmerge -v --lang $(GETTEXT_LOCALE) --output-file $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO).tmp \
+		$(wildcard $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO)) $<
+	mv $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO).tmp $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO)
+
+merge-pot: $(GETTEXT_POT)
+	msgmerge -v --lang $(GETTEXT_LOCALE) --output-file $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO).tmp \
+		$(wildcard $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO)) $<
+	mv $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO).tmp $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO)
+
+%.po: %.pot
+	msgcat --lang $(GETTEXT_LOCALE) --output-file $@.tmp $^
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+
+edit: merge $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT)
+	poedit $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_PO)
+
+%.mo: %.po
+	msgfmt --check --verbose --output-file $@.tmp $<
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+
+LC_%:
+	ln -s . $@
+clean.lc-links:
+	rm -f $(GETTEXT_LINKS)
+clean: clean.lc-links
+
+#msginit --no-translator --locale es_MX --output-file $(PROJECT)_spanish.po --input $(PROJECT).pot
+#sed --in-place $(PROJECT)_spanish.po --expression = '/"hello, world!"/,/#: / s/""/"hola mundo"/'
+#mkdir --parents ./es_MX.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
+#msgfmt --check --verbose --output-file ./es_MX.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/$(PROJECT).mo $(PROJECT)_spanish.po
+
+GETTEXT_TMP                  = $(patsubst %.php,%.htr,$(GETTEXT_PREPROCESS))
+GETTEXT_INPUT_FILES         += $(GETTEXT_TMP)
+
+all: htr
+clean: htr-tmp-clean
+
+htr: $(GETTEXT_TMP)
+
+htr-tmp-clean:
+	$(RM) -f *.htr
+
+define copy_rule
+./%.htr.tmp: $(1)/%.php
+	cp $$< $$@
+endef
+
+$(foreach d, $(HTR_SOURCE_DIRS), $(eval $(call copy_rule,$(d))))