# How to make user-fields support multi-language

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-support-multi-language/402568
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** translation, user-custom-fields, content-localization
**Created:** [May 9, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-support-multi-language/402568 "2026-05-09T15:59:08Z")
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### Author: ![cuo\_wu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cuo_wu/32/498442_2.png) [@cuo\_wu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cuo_wu)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-support-multi-language/402568/1 "2026-05-09T15:59:08Z")

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hi, I add a custom user field in my forum in Chinese. But when visitor use EN or other language, it’s always show Chinese custom field. It’s hard to understand for them. So , how to let custom user field support multi-language. Thanks.

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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-support-multi-language/402568/2 "2026-05-09T16:01:40Z")

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i think this is a feature request

> [@Name and description of Custom User Fields should be translatable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-and-description-of-custom-user-fields-should-be-translatable/221479/1):
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> Hi all, I have configured a custom user field as follows: But when the locale was changed, the original signup fields were all translated automatically while custom user field was not. What should I do to make my custom user field translated when the locale is changed?