<p>Author fields aren't translatable, so if you change the author in one locale this would apply for all locales.</p>

<p>As you say, you could create a simple User field that is translatable, where you could set a user as being the 'Author' which you could then output on the front-end.</p>

<p>This would work, but in Craft's eyes the true Author will always be the same user for every locale.</p>

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I just made this a [feature request](http://feedback.buildwithcraft.com/forums/285221-feature-requests/suggestions/7274793-set-author-per-locale).
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<p>For each locale I have a different author which I want to display on the front-end. But at this point author does not seem to per locale? Is the only way to achieve this by adding  a users field?</p>

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Author per locale
# Author per locale

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-20)

For each locale I have a different author which I want to display on the front-end. But at this point author does not seem to per locale? Is the only way to achieve this by adding a users field?

**Tags:** users, localization, author

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-03-20. Score: 2

Author fields aren't translatable, so if you change the author in one locale this would apply for all locales.

As you say, you could create a simple User field that is translatable, where you could set a user as being the 'Author' which you could then output on the front-end.

This would work, but in Craft's eyes the true Author will always be the same user for every locale.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I just made this a [feature request](http://feedback.buildwithcraft.com/forums/285221-feature-requests/suggestions/7274793-set-author-per-locale).  

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