We can do that as a short term fix, but I really want to make it so that
the .pot file is the only thing that needs to be pushed into the git
repo. Ryan Lerch (added to the CC here) understands SVGs quite well,
perhaps he can help figure out how to start with the .pot file and end
up with generated .svg (and converted .jpg files) that are not
undesirable. :)
the .pot file is the better idea, but it's difficult to do.
For example, with french translation the text in Rhythmbox.jpg is too large and I was forced to reduce the font size.