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Last updated by Andreas W. 1 week, 5 days ago.

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April 30, 2026 at 11:30 pm #18007092

nathalieM-5

I need to translate the author's name and date of posts to Inuktitut - how can I do this?

May 1, 2026 at 12:00 am #18007102

nathalieM-5

I've updated the author's name to the posts. Now I need to update the dates of published posts. I don't want it to be numeric, the months need to be displayed in Inuktitut.
Thank you!

May 1, 2026 at 2:23 pm #18007749

nathalieM-5

Hi - I ended up updating the function.php file in the child theme and added the following string/code to translate the months and it worked:

function nnc_translate_inuktitut_months( $date ) {

if ( defined( 'ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE' ) && ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE !== 'iu' ) {
return $date;
}

$months = array(
'Jan' => 'ᔭᓄᐊᕆ',
'Feb' => 'ᕖᕝᕗᐊᕆ',
'Mar' => 'ᒫᔾᔨ',
'Apr' => 'ᐊᐃᕆᓕ',
'May' => 'ᒪᐃ',
'Jun' => 'ᔫᓂ',
'Jul' => 'ᔪᓚᐃ',
'Aug' => 'ᐊᐅᒡᒍᓯ',
'Sep' => 'ᓯᑉᑕᒻᐱᕆ',
'Oct' => 'ᐅᑐᐱᕆ',
'Nov' => 'ᓄᕕᐱᕆ',
'Dec' => 'ᑎᓯᒻᐱᕆ',
);

return strtr( $date, $months );
}

add_filter( 'get_the_date', 'nnc_translate_inuktitut_months' );
add_filter( 'the_date', 'nnc_translate_inuktitut_months' );

May 2, 2026 at 11:35 pm #18008990

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out!

Usually, you should be able to translate those month strings at WPML > String Translations. I would suggest you try to locate the months there and translate them.

You can further use WPML String Translation to translate any user-related fields. You just need to enable translation for specific user roles first.

Guide:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/translating-user-meta-information-with-wpml/

Best regards
Andreas