Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php	(revision 5739)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php	(working copy)
@@ -3452,6 +3452,14 @@
 			$newVersion_placeholderFieldArray['t3ver_wsid'] = $this->BE_USER->workspace;	// Setting workspace - only so display of place holders can filter out those from other workspaces.
 			$newVersion_placeholderFieldArray[$TCA[$table]['ctrl']['label']] = '[MOVE-TO PLACEHOLDER for #'.$uid.', WS#'.$this->BE_USER->workspace.']';
 
+			// moving localized records requires to "localize" the placeholder too
+			if( array_key_exists('languageField', $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']) && array_key_exists('transOrigPointerField', $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']) ) {
+				$l10nParentRec = t3lib_BEfunc::getRecord($table,$uid);
+				$newVersion_placeholderFieldArray[ $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['languageField'] ] = $l10nParentRec[ $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['languageField'] ];
+				$newVersion_placeholderFieldArray[ $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['transOrigPointerField'] ] = $l10nParentRec[ $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['transOrigPointerField'] ];
+				unset($l10nParentRec);
+			}
+
 			$newVersion_placeholderFieldArray['pid'] = 0;	// Initially, create at root level.
 			$id = 'NEW_MOVE_PLH';
 			$this->insertDB($table,$id,$newVersion_placeholderFieldArray,FALSE);	// Saving placeholder as 'original'
@@ -3464,6 +3472,9 @@
 			$updateFields['t3ver_state'] = 4;	// Setting placeholder state value for version (so it can know it is currently a new version...)
 			$GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_UPDATEquery($table, 'uid='.intval($wsUid), $updateFields);
 		}
+
+			//check for the localizations of that element and move them as well
+		$this->moveL10nOverlayRecords($table,$uid,$destPid);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -3521,6 +3532,8 @@
 				$this->moveRecord_procFields($table,$uid,$destPid);
 					// Create query for update:
 				$GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_UPDATEquery($table, 'uid='.intval($uid), $updateFields);
+					// check for the localizations of that element
+				$this->moveL10nOverlayRecords($table,$uid,$destPid);
 
 					// Call post processing hooks:
 				foreach($hookObjectsArr as $hookObj) {
@@ -3564,6 +3577,8 @@
 						$this->moveRecord_procFields($table,$uid,$destPid);
 							// Create query for update:
 						$GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_UPDATEquery($table, 'uid='.intval($uid), $updateFields);
+							// check for the localizations of that element
+						$this->moveL10nOverlayRecords($table,$uid,$destPid);
 
 							// Call post processing hooks:
 						foreach($hookObjectsArr as $hookObj) {
@@ -3662,6 +3677,27 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Find l10n-overlay records and perform the requested move action for these records.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string		$table: Record Table
+	 * @param	string		$uid: Record UID
+	 * @param	string		$destPid: Position to move to
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
+	function moveL10nOverlayRecords($table,$uid,$destPid) {
+			//there's no need to perform this for table-records
+		if( $table == 'pages' ) return;
+		t3lib_div::loadTCA( $table );
+
+		$l10nRecords = t3lib_BEfunc::getRecordsByField( $table, $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['transOrigPointerField'], $uid );
+		if( is_array($l10nRecords) ) {
+			foreach( $l10nRecords as $record ) {
+				$this->moveRecord( $table, $record['uid'], $destPid );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Localizes a record to another system language
 	 * In reality it only works if transOrigPointerTable is not set. For "pages" the implementation is hardcoded
 	 *
@@ -4533,6 +4569,10 @@
 										if ($TCA[$table]['ctrl']['sortby'])	{
 											$keepFields[] = $TCA[$table]['ctrl']['sortby'];
 										}
+											// l10n-fields must be kept otherwise the localization will be lost during the publishing
+										if ( $TCA[$table]['ctrl']['transOrigPointerField'] )	{
+											$keepFields[] = $TCA[$table]['ctrl']['transOrigPointerField'];
+										}
 
 											// Swap "keepfields"
 										foreach($keepFields as $fN)	{