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 ## Release Checklist
 
+### Prerelease (several days prior)
+
+- [ ] Notify translators of impending release
+  (https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/id-editor/announcements/)
+- [ ] Notify TomH
+
+### Make release
+
 TODO: turn this into a script.
 
 - [ ] make translations