[Rd] How to build R without support for translations?

[Henrik Bengtsson]

In Section 'Localization of messages' of R Installation and
Administration (R 3.3.2), it says:

   "R can be built without support for translations, but it is enabled
by default."

How can this be done?  Is this an option to 'configure', which I then
failed to identify, or via some environment variable setting?

My objective is to get an R installation (on Linux) that is as small
as possible.

Thanks,

Henrik