As suggested in this blog post on SVG accessibility, we should Provide a title
<svg version="1.1" width="300" height="200" aria-labelledby="title">
<title id="title">Green rectangle</title>
<rect width="75" height="50" rx="20" ry="20" fill="#90ee90" stroke="#228b22" stroke-fill="1" />
</svg>
We should be able to simplify the HTML and have the "<title> element provid an alternative text description of the SVG content. Think of it in the same way you would the alt attribute on the HTML <img> element."
Mind you, at the time of the report, only "IE and Firefox correctly expose this information, and only Jaws in IE makes use of it" without the use of aria-labelledby as per the example above.
As the article suggests, there are some other ways that we could look at enhancing accessibility of the SVG files too. Adoption will depend on the support by Assistive Technology tools though.
Postponed
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Yes, language is a bit of a problem. Dropping in this link https://cariefisher.com/a11y-svg-updated/
Also marking this postponed until there is a clear path for SVG accessibility in multilingual contexts at this point.