BeforeRecordLanguageOverlayEvent 

The PSR-14 event \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Domain\Event\BeforeRecordLanguageOverlayEvent can be used to modify information (such as the LanguageAspect or the actual incoming record from the database) before the database is queried.

Example: Change the overlay type to "on" (connected) 

In this example, we will change the overlay type to "on" (connected). This may be necessary if your site is configured with free mode, but you have a record type that has languages connected.

EXT:my_extension/Classes/Domain/Language/MyEventListener.php
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace MyVendor\MyExtension\Domain\Language;

use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Attribute\AsEventListener;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Context\LanguageAspect;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Domain\Event\BeforeRecordLanguageOverlayEvent;

#[AsEventListener(
    identifier: 'my-extension/before-record-language-overlay',
)]
final readonly class MyEventListener
{
    public function __invoke(BeforeRecordLanguageOverlayEvent $event): void
    {
        if ($event->getTable() !== 'tx_myextension_domain_model_record') {
            return;
        }

        $currentLanguageAspect = $event->getLanguageAspect();
        $newLanguageAspect = new LanguageAspect(
            $currentLanguageAspect->getId(),
            $currentLanguageAspect->getContentId(),
            LanguageAspect::OVERLAYS_ON,
            $currentLanguageAspect->getFallbackChain(),
        );

        $event->setLanguageAspect($newLanguageAspect);
    }
}
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API 

class BeforeRecordLanguageOverlayEvent
Fully qualified name
\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Domain\Event\BeforeRecordLanguageOverlayEvent

Event which is fired before a record in a language should be "language overlaid", that is: Finding a translation for a given record.

getTable ( )
Returns
string
getRecord ( )
Returns
array
setRecord ( array $record)
param $record

the record

getLanguageAspect ( )
Returns
TYPO3CMSCoreContextLanguageAspect
setLanguageAspect ( \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Context\LanguageAspect $languageAspect)
param $languageAspect

the languageAspect