node export i18n for PHP < 5.3

node_export_i18n.module

<?php

/**
 * @file Node Export i18n module
 */


// Ensure this node type has multilingual support

/**
 * Implements hook_node_export_alter
 *
 * The point of this is to alter the tnid of the output to be that of the original node
 */
function node_export_i18n_node_export_alter(&$nodes, $format) {
  foreach ($nodes as $index) {
    $index->tnid = $index->tnid ? $index->tnid : $index->nid;
  }
}

/**
 * Implements hook_node_export_after_import_alter
 *
 * Exists to update tnids in the {node} table to link translated nodes
 */
function node_export_i18n_node_export_after_import_alter(&$nodes, $format, $save) {
  // load nodes 
  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
    // check translation status of node type (drupal static)
    if ($node->tnid) {
      db_update('node')
      ->fields(array(
        'tnid' => $node->tnid,
      ))
      ->condition('nid', $node->tnid)
      ->execute();     
    }
  } 
  // no example code
}