.../EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php               | 37 ++++++++++++----------
 .../Field/FieldFormatter/AuthorFormatter.php       | 20 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php
index 35ee5ad..8c843ff 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php
@@ -41,16 +41,25 @@
    *
    * @see ::prepareView()
    */
-  protected function getEntitiesToView(EntityReferenceFieldItemListInterface $items) {
+  protected function getEntitiesToView(EntityReferenceFieldItemListInterface &$items) {
     $entities = array();
 
+    $parent_entity_langcode = $items->getEntity()->language()->getId();
     foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
       // Ignore items where no entity could be loaded in prepareView().
       if (!empty($item->_loaded)) {
         /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity */
         $entity = $item->entity;
 
-        if ($item->_access->isAllowed()) {
+        // Set the entity in the correct language for display.
+        if ($entity instanceof TranslatableInterface && $entity->hasTranslation($parent_entity_langcode)) {
+          $entity = $entity->getTranslation($parent_entity_langcode);
+        }
+
+        $access = $this->checkAccess($item);
+        // Add the access result's cacheability, ::view() needs it.
+        $item->_accessCacheability = BubbleableMetadata::createFromObject($access);
+        if ($access->isAllowed()) {
           // Add the referring item, in case the formatter needs it.
           $entity->_referringItem = $items[$delta];
           $entities[$delta] = $entity;
@@ -65,31 +74,27 @@ protected function getEntitiesToView(EntityReferenceFieldItemListInterface $item
    * {@inheritdoc}
    *
    * @see ::prepareView()
+   * @see ::getEntitiestoView()
    */
   public function view(FieldItemListInterface $items) {
     $addition = parent::view($items);
 
     $field_level_access_cacheability = new BubbleableMetadata();
 
-    // Try to map the cacheability of the access result that was set at _access
-    // in prepareView() to the corresponding render subtree. If no such subtree
-    // is found, then merge it with the field-level access cacheability.
+    // Try to map the cacheability of the access result that was set at
+    // _accessCacheability in getEntitiesToView() to the corresponding render
+    // subtree. If no such subtree is found, then merge it with the field-level
+    // access cacheability.
     foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
       // Ignore items where no entity could be loaded in prepareView().
       if (!empty($item->_loaded)) {
-        $access_cacheability = BubbleableMetadata::createFromObject($item->_access);
-        if ($item->_access->isAllowed()) {
-          if (isset($addition[$delta])) {
-            BubbleableMetadata::createFromRenderArray($addition[$delta])
-              ->merge($access_cacheability)
-              ->applyTo($addition[$delta]);
-          }
-          else {
-            $field_level_access_cacheability = $field_level_access_cacheability->merge($access_cacheability);
-          }
+        if (isset($addition[$delta])) {
+          BubbleableMetadata::createFromRenderArray($addition[$delta])
+            ->merge($item->_accessCacheability)
+            ->applyTo($addition[$delta]);
         }
         else {
-          $field_level_access_cacheability = $field_level_access_cacheability->merge($access_cacheability);
+          $field_level_access_cacheability = $field_level_access_cacheability->merge($item->_accessCacheability);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/AuthorFormatter.php b/core/modules/user/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/AuthorFormatter.php
index 328f513..674b936 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/AuthorFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/AuthorFormatter.php
@@ -31,18 +31,16 @@ class AuthorFormatter extends EntityReferenceFormatterBase {
   public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items) {
     $elements = array();
 
-    foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
+    foreach ($this->getEntitiesToView($items) as $delta => $entity) {
       /** @var $referenced_user \Drupal\user\UserInterface */
-      if ($referenced_user = $item->entity) {
-        $elements[$delta] = array(
-          '#theme' => 'username',
-          '#account' => $referenced_user,
-          '#link_options' => array('attributes' => array('rel' => 'author')),
-          '#cache' => array(
-            'tags' => $referenced_user->getCacheTags(),
-          ),
-        );
-      }
+      $elements[$delta] = array(
+        '#theme' => 'username',
+        '#account' => $entity,
+        '#link_options' => array('attributes' => array('rel' => 'author')),
+        '#cache' => array(
+          'tags' => $entity->getCacheTags(),
+        ),
+      );
     }
 
     return $elements;