SELECT 
  COUNT(*) 
FROM 
  cscart_ab__sfb_authors authors 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_ab__sfb_author_descriptions author_descriptions ON authors.author_id = author_descriptions.author_id 
  AND author_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND authors.author_id = 1 
  AND authors.status = 'A'

Query time 0.00021

JSON explain

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