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+## Qt5 compile_translations now supports qresource preprocessing
+
+When using qtmod.preprocess() in combination with qtmod.compile_translations()
+to embed translations using rcc, it is no longer required to do this:
+
+```meson
+ts_files = ['list', 'of', 'files']
+qtmod.compile_translations(ts_files)
+# lang.qrc also contains the duplicated list of files
+lang_cpp = qtmod.preprocess(qresources: 'lang.qrc')
+```
+
+Instead, use:
+```meson
+lang_cpp = qtmod.compile_translations(qresource: 'lang.qrc')
+```
+
+which will automatically detect and generate the needed compile_translations
+targets.