{"id":44,"date":"2017-04-20T14:32:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laikalaikacoding.wordpress.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:32:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:32:10","slug":"wpml-translating-a-user-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voneff.de\/en\/wpml-translating-a-user-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"WPML: Translating a User Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many themes display the biographical info about authors that can be entered through the User Management section in the WordPress Dashboard. Whenever you run a multi-lingual site you obviously want the author info to be translated as well.<\/p>\n<p>The poplular multi-language plugin <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?aid=118615&amp;affiliate_key=0l5fMLNwA3yl\">WPML <\/a>(affiliate link) does support this \u2013 but you don&#8217;t only have to enable \u201cString Translation&#8221;, you have to explicitly make WMPL scan the author info as well. Just follow the steps below and easily translate your user biographies. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/forums\/topic\/translate-author-bio\/\" target=\"_blank\">This thread from the WPML support forum brought me on the right track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in the WordPress Dashboard, navigate to WPML &gt; String translation<\/li>\n<li>on the bottom right of the page there will be a box named &#8220;More Options&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; click on the &#8220;edit\u201d link next to \u201cTranslating users of types:\u201d and select the checkbox for &#8220;Author\u201d (or the user role you want the biography translated for), then click \u201cApply\u201d<\/li>\n<li>now to to WPML &gt; Theme and plugins localization<\/li>\n<li>(If you haven&#8217;t activated String Translation yet, select \u201cTranslate the theme and plugins using WPML&#8217;s String Translation\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>after the initial options and lists, find the button &#8220;Scan the theme for strings&#8221; and click it<\/li>\n<li>go again to WPML -&gt; String Translation<\/li>\n<li>on the filter field \u201cSelect strings within domain\u201d, select \u201cAuthors\u201d (or the user role you previously selected to be scanned). 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