Overwrites the transform setting, thus existing transforms (eg translate) are lost

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Perform a translate on the element first.
2. Apply the rotate via $("...").rotate(45);

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The expected output is that the element is rotated with the original 
translation kept. The results is that the translation is lost.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Under chrome on ubuntu 12.10.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 22 Nov 2012 at 11:12