[TYPO3-mvc] Import Script Problems

[Steffen Ritter]

Hey folks,
I'm currently on an importscript.
I have several options, which in old extension just have been numbers in 
of a select field and in new extbase variant there it is an object with 
an own table.
I have an array oldSelectValue => UidOfTheNewObject

it is about 20 tables with more then hundred of options.

is there any change doing sth. other then:
$property->setLocationType($this->propertyLocationTypes->findOneByUid($locationTypes[$propRow['locationtype']]));

where $locationTypes is the mentioned array...
It's a, a big overhead since i do not need the object to build the 
relation (spoken in db means)
b, I need plenty of repositories instanciated

Further more I'm struggling about "how to mulitlang import"?

Should I forget about the "nice" object handling and do such imports 
manually on sql level?

regards

Steffen