Index: Doctrine/Data/Import.php
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--- Doctrine/Data/Import.php	(revision 2)
+++ Doctrine/Data/Import.php	(working copy)
@@ -126,13 +126,17 @@
     protected function _buildRows($className, $data)
     {
         $table = Doctrine_Core::getTable($className);
+        
+        // Check if one of templates has a i18n plugin
+        $has_i18n = false;
+        foreach( $table->getTemplates() as $tpl ) if( $has_i18n = method_exists( $tpl , 'getI18n' ) ) break;
 
         foreach ($data as $rowKey => $row) {
             // do the same for the row information
             $this->_rows[$className][$rowKey] = $row;
 
             foreach ((array) $row as $key => $value) {
-                if ($table->hasRelation($key) && is_array($value) && ! $table->hasTemplate('Doctrine_Template_I18n')) {
+                if ($table->hasRelation($key) && is_array($value) && ! $has_i18n ) {
                     // Skip associative arrays defining keys to relationships
                     if ( ! isset($value[0]) || (isset($value[0]) && is_array($value[0]))) {
                         $rel = $table->getRelation($key);