This is my thinking to override the Model:Accessors for the translatable fields in the dbase. Then we just add nullable() fields with '_fr' suffix and fill them in as warranted.

TranslatableTrait.php

<?php
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 * @created:2015.04.14
 * @author: scott
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namespace Scc\Eloquent;

/**
 * Class TranslatableTrait
 * @package Scc\Eloquent
 */
trait TranslatableTrait {

	public function getNameAttribute($name) {
		$locale_fld = 'name_' . \Lang::getLocale();
		$name = array_key_exists($locale_fld, $this->attributes) ? $this->attribute[$locale_fld] ?: $name : $name;

		return $name;
	}

	public function getTitleAttribute($title) {
		$locale_fld = 'title_' . \Lang::getLocale();
		$title = array_key_exists($locale_fld, $this->attributes) ? $this->attribute[$locale_fld] ?: $title : $title;

		return $title;
	}

	public function getUrlAttribute($url) {
		$locale_fld = 'url_' . \Lang::getLocale();
		$url = array_key_exists($locale_fld, $this->attributes) ? $this->attribute[$locale_fld] ?: $url : $url;

		return $url;
	}

}