Profile field translations

Question

Good day Community 
 I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but how does one add translations to custom fields created in the User profile? I try adding resources to the User Profile Field widget, however that doesn't seem to work. There is a resource being used for the standard Label field, however I can only find it in the resources.xml file and not within the dashboard (ideally i wouldn't have to go in there to make edits). 
 I need translations for my "Names and Values' list and add translation to custom labels

Thanks, any insights is appreciated! 
 Marisa

Patrick M. · Answer

Custom profile fields are user generated content and are generally non-translatable. Ones that ship with the product do use a translation syntax, but it will reference only the resources.xml and is not really meant for general use.