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+Translations
+============
+
+Picard translations are handled by Transifex. Please do not manually edit the
+PO files, only use the transifex client to update the template
+or fetch translations.
+
+  https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/musicbrainz/resource/picard/
+  http://help.transifex.com/features/client/
+
+Updating the translation template after adding/removing some strings:
+
+  $ python po/update-pot.py
+  $ tx push -s
+
+Fetching latest translations from Transifex:
+
+  $ tx pull
+