SELECT 
  IF(
    cscart_ult_language_values.value IS NULL, 
    lang.value, cscart_ult_language_values.value
  ) as value 
FROM 
  cscart_language_values lang 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_ult_language_values ON cscart_ult_language_values.name = lang.name 
  AND company_id = 1 
  AND cscart_ult_language_values.lang_code = lang.lang_code 
WHERE 
  lang.lang_code = 'it' 
  AND lang.name = 'abt_menu_ajax_load.tooltip'

Query time 0.00065

JSON explain

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  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "1.00"
    },
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "cscart_ult_language_values",
          "access_type": "system",
          "possible_keys": [
            "PRIMARY"
          ],
          "rows_examined_per_scan": 0,
          "rows_produced_per_join": 1,
          "filtered": "0.00",
          "const_row_not_found": true,
          "cost_info": {
            "read_cost": "0.00",
            "eval_cost": "0.20",
            "prefix_cost": "0.00",
            "data_read_per_join": "408"
          },
          "used_columns": [
            "lang_code",
            "name",
            "value",
            "company_id"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "lang",
          "access_type": "const",
          "possible_keys": [
            "PRIMARY"
          ],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "used_key_parts": [
            "lang_code",
            "name"
          ],
          "key_length": "392",
          "ref": [
            "const",
            "const"
          ],
          "rows_examined_per_scan": 1,
          "rows_produced_per_join": 1,
          "filtered": "100.00",
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            "prefix_cost": "0.00",
            "data_read_per_join": "408"
          },
          "used_columns": [
            "lang_code",
            "name",
            "value"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Result

value
Use Ajax to get the content of the second and third menu levels after page loading. The content of the first level will be loaded along with the page main content