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+This directory contains the source for the instrument definition presets.
+
+I am maintaining it in plain text "conf file" format for ease of
+editing. If you make changes to the file, you must generate a new
+presets.xml by running
+
+ ./regenerate-presets
+
+The default presets-editable.conf contains U.S. English definitions.
+
+To translate it, copy it to presets-editable-<lang>.conf (for example
+presets-editable-fr.conf or presets-editable-zh_CN.conf), edit it
+appropriately, and run ./regenerate-presets to generate your new
+translated XML file. Note that _only_ the "name" strings should be
+translated -- you _must_ leave the clef names untouched, or they will
+fail to work. The displayed clef names themselves are translated
+separately as part of the program's .po file.
+
+Once you've generated a translation as presets-<lang>.xml in this
+directory, it should then be installed by the standard install process
+and picked up automatically by Rosegarden.
+
+Please send your translated .conf file to us at the rosegarden-devel
+mailing list.
+