diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_base.py b/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_base.py
index 345973526c5..3a0131c2a05 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_base.py
@@ -304,5 +304,47 @@ class test_partner_recursion(common.TransactionCase):
         cr, uid, p1, p2, p3 = self.cr, self.uid, self.p1, self.p2, self.p3
         self.assertTrue(self.res_partner.write(cr, uid, [p1,p2,p3], {'phone': '123456'}))
 
+class test_translation(common.TransactionCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(test_translation, self).setUp()
+        self.res_category = self.registry('res.partner.category')
+        self.ir_translation = self.registry('ir.translation')
+        cr, uid = self.cr, self.uid
+        self.registry('ir.translation').load(cr, ['base'], ['fr_BE'])
+        self.cat_id = self.res_category.create(cr, uid, {'name': 'Customers'})
+        self.ir_translation.create(cr, uid, {'name': 'res.partner.category,name', 'module':'base', 
+            'value': 'Clients', 'res_id': self.cat_id, 'lang':'fr_BE', 'state':'translated', 'type': 'model'})
+
+    def test_101_create_translated_record(self):
+        cr, uid = self.cr, self.uid
+        
+        no_context_cat = self.res_category.browse(cr, uid, self.cat_id)
+        self.assertEqual(no_context_cat.name, 'Customers', "Error in basic name_get")
+
+        fr_context_cat = self.res_category.browse(cr, uid, self.cat_id, context={'lang':'fr_BE'})
+        self.assertEqual(fr_context_cat.name, 'Clients', "Translation not found")
+
+    def test_102_duplicate_record(self):
+        cr, uid = self.cr, self.uid
+        self.new_cat_id = self.res_category.copy(cr, uid, self.cat_id, context={'lang':'fr_BE'})
+
+        no_context_cat = self.res_category.browse(cr, uid, self.new_cat_id)
+        self.assertEqual(no_context_cat.name, 'Customers', "Duplication did not set untranslated value")
+
+        fr_context_cat = self.res_category.browse(cr, uid, self.new_cat_id, context={'lang':'fr_BE'})
+        self.assertEqual(fr_context_cat.name, 'Clients', "Did not found translation for initial value")
+
+    def test_103_duplicate_record_fr(self):
+        cr, uid = self.cr, self.uid
+        self.new_fr_cat_id = self.res_category.copy(cr, uid, self.cat_id, default={'name': 'Clients (copie)'}, context={'lang':'fr_BE'})
+
+        no_context_cat = self.res_category.browse(cr, uid, self.new_fr_cat_id)
+        self.assertEqual(no_context_cat.name, 'Clients (copie)', "Duplication with default value not applied")
+
+        fr_context_cat = self.res_category.browse(cr, uid, self.new_fr_cat_id, context={'lang':'fr_BE'})
+        self.assertEqual(fr_context_cat.name, 'Clients', "Did not found translation for initial value")
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest2.main()
diff --git a/openerp/osv/orm.py b/openerp/osv/orm.py
index 3ec2f69ec3e..d250588cede 100644
--- a/openerp/osv/orm.py
+++ b/openerp/osv/orm.py
@@ -4985,7 +4985,6 @@ class BaseModel(object):
         # TODO it seems fields_get can be replaced by _all_columns (no need for translation)
         fields = self.fields_get(cr, uid, context=context)
 
-        translation_records = []
         for field_name, field_def in fields.items():
             # we must recursively copy the translations for o2o and o2m
             if field_def['type'] == 'one2many':
@@ -4999,22 +4998,31 @@ class BaseModel(object):
                     target_obj.copy_translations(cr, uid, old_child, new_child, context=context)
             # and for translatable fields we keep them for copy
             elif field_def.get('translate'):
-                trans_name = ''
+
                 if field_name in self._columns:
                     trans_name = self._name + "," + field_name
+                    res_id = new_id
+                
                 elif field_name in self._inherit_fields:
                     trans_name = self._inherit_fields[field_name][0] + "," + field_name
-                if trans_name:
-                    trans_ids = trans_obj.search(cr, uid, [
-                            ('name', '=', trans_name),
-                            ('res_id', '=', old_id)
-                    ])
-                    translation_records.extend(trans_obj.read(cr, uid, trans_ids, context=context))
+                    # get the id of the parent record to set the translation
+                    inherit_field_name = self._inherit_fields[field_name][1]
+                    res_id = self.read(cr, uid, [new_id], [inherit_field_name], context=context)[0][inherit_field_name][0]
 
-        for record in translation_records:
-            del record['id']
-            record['res_id'] = new_id
-            trans_obj.create(cr, uid, record, context=context)
+                else:
+                    continue
+
+                trans_ids = trans_obj.search(cr, uid, [
+                        ('name', '=', trans_name),
+                        ('res_id', '=', old_id)
+                ])
+                records = trans_obj.read(cr, uid, trans_ids, context=context)
+                for record in records:
+                    del record['id']
+                    # remove source to avoid triggering _set_src
+                    del record['source']
+                    record.update({'res_id': res_id})
+                    trans_obj.create(cr, uid, record, context=context)
 
 
     def copy(self, cr, uid, id, default=None, context=None):