diff --git a/Web/Models/Entities/User.php b/Web/Models/Entities/User.php
index b7516c90..e64da5af 100644
--- a/Web/Models/Entities/User.php
+++ b/Web/Models/Entities/User.php
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ class User extends RowModel
     function getFirstName(bool $pristine = false): string
     {
         $name = ($this->isDeleted() && !$this->isDeactivated() ? "DELETED" : mb_convert_case($this->getRecord()->first_name, MB_CASE_TITLE));
-        if((($ts = tr("__transNames")) !== "@__transNames") && !$pristine)
+	$tsn  = tr("__transNames");
+        if(( $tsn !== "@__transNames" && !empty($tsn) ) && !$pristine)
             return mb_convert_case(transliterator_transliterate($ts, $name), MB_CASE_TITLE);
         else
             return $name;
@@ -157,7 +158,8 @@ class User extends RowModel
     function getLastName(bool $pristine = false): string
     {
         $name = ($this->isDeleted() && !$this->isDeactivated() ? "DELETED" : mb_convert_case($this->getRecord()->last_name, MB_CASE_TITLE));
-        if((($ts = tr("__transNames")) !== "@__transNames") && !$pristine)
+	$tsn  = tr("__transNames");
+        if(( $tsn !== "@__transNames" && !empty($tsn) ) && !$pristine)
             return mb_convert_case(transliterator_transliterate($ts, $name), MB_CASE_TITLE);
         else
             return $name;