Answers.Body: <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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Answers.Text: 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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Body: <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>
  
Tags: <users><localization><author>
Title: Author per locale
ThreadText: # 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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  ### 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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