diff --git a/docs/translation.md b/docs/translation.md
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--- a/docs/translation.md
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@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@ From the source root:
 
 ```
 $ ./manage.py compilemessages
-```
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+```
+**Please note that you will have to do this also when deploying new code to a server, as we don't keep the compiled `.mo` files in GitLab**
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