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You can also retrieve all translations, only when you need them, using the bindTranslation method

bindTranslation($fields, $reset)

$fields is a named-key array of field and association name, where the key is the translatable field and the value is the fake association name.

$this->Post->bindTranslation(array ('name' => 'nameTranslation'));
$this->Post->find('all', array ('recursive'=>1)); // need at least recursive 1 for this to work.

1. $this->Post->bindTranslation(array ('name' => 'nameTranslation'));
2. $this->Post->find('all', array ('recursive'=>1)); // need at least recursive 1 for this to work.

With this setup the result of your find() should look something like this:

Array
(
     [Post] => Array
         (
             [id] => 1
             [name] => Beispiel Eintrag 
             [body] => lorem ipsum...
             [locale] => de_de
         )

     [nameTranslation] => Array
         (
             [0] => Array
                 (
                     [id] => 1
                     [locale] => en_us
                     [model] => Post
                     [foreign_key] => 1
                     [field] => name
                     [content] => Example entry
                 )

             [1] => Array
                 (
                     [id] => 2
                     [locale] => de_de
                     [model] => Post
                     [foreign_key] => 1
                     [field] => name
                     [content] => Beispiel Eintrag
                 )

         )
)

1. Array
2. (
3. [Post] => Array
4. (
5. [id] => 1
6. [name] => Beispiel Eintrag
7. [body] => lorem ipsum...
8. [locale] => de_de
9. )
10. [nameTranslation] => Array
11. (
12. [0] => Array
13. (
14. [id] => 1
15. [locale] => en_us
16. [model] => Post
17. [foreign_key] => 1
18. [field] => name
19. [content] => Example entry
20. )
21. [1] => Array
22. (
23. [id] => 2
24. [locale] => de_de
25. [model] => Post
26. [foreign_key] => 1
27. [field] => name
28. [content] => Beispiel Eintrag
29. )
30. )
31. )