Index: applications/editors/josm/i18n/convpreset.pl
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--- applications/editors/josm/i18n/convpreset.pl	(revision 24899)
+++ applications/editors/josm/i18n/convpreset.pl	(revision 24903)
@@ -123,5 +123,5 @@
       $combo_values[$i] =~ s/\x91/,/g;
       next if $combo_values[$i] =~ /^[0-9-]+$/; # search for non-numbers
-      print $vctx ? " trc($vctx, \"$combo_values[$i]\");" : " tr(\"$combo_values[$i]\");";
+      print "/* item $item combo $n display value */" . ($vctx ? " trc($vctx, \"$combo_values[$i]\");" : " tr(\"$combo_values[$i]\");");
     }
     print "\n";
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@
     {
       next if $val =~ /^[0-9-]+$/; # search for non-numbers
-      print $vctx ? " trc($vctx, \"$val\");" : " tr(\"$val\");";
-    }
-    print "\n";
-  }
-  elsif($line =~ /<short_description>(.*?)<\/short_description>/)
+      print "/* item $item combo $n display value */" . ($vctx ? " trc($vctx, \"$val\");" : " tr(\"$val\");");
+    }
+    print "\n";
+  }
+  elsif(!$comment && $line =~ /<short_description>(.*?)<\/short_description>/)
   {
     my $n = $1;