Comment 3 for bug 734642

SELECT TranslationMessage.COMMENT, TranslationMessage.date_created,
                                   TranslationMessage.date_reviewed,
                                   TranslationMessage.id,
                                   TranslationMessage.is_current_ubuntu,
                                   TranslationMessage.is_current_upstream,
                                   TranslationMessage.LANGUAGE, TranslationMessage.msgstr0,
                                                                TranslationMessage.msgstr1,
                                                                TranslationMessage.msgstr2,
                                                                TranslationMessage.msgstr3,
                                                                TranslationMessage.msgstr4,
                                                                TranslationMessage.msgstr5,
                                                                TranslationMessage.origin,
                                                                TranslationMessage.potemplate,
                                                                TranslationMessage.potmsgset,
                                                                TranslationMessage.reviewer,
                                                                TranslationMessage.submitter,
                                                                TranslationMessage.validation_status,
                                                                TranslationMessage.was_obsolete_in_last_import
FROM TranslationMessage
WHERE TranslationMessage.id IN
    (SELECT DISTINCT ON (COALESCE(msgstr0, -1), COALESCE(msgstr1, -1), COALESCE(msgstr2, -1), COALESCE(msgstr3, -1), COALESCE(msgstr4, -1), COALESCE(msgstr5, -1)) TranslationMessage.id
     FROM TranslationMessage
     WHERE (TranslationMessage.LANGUAGE IN (132))
       AND TranslationMessage.potmsgset <> 8171049
       AND potmsgset IN
         (SELECT distinct POTMsgSet.id
          FROM POTMsgSet
          JOIN TranslationTemplateItem ON TranslationTemplateItem.potmsgset = POTMsgSet.id
          JOIN SuggestivePOTemplate ON TranslationTemplateItem.potemplate = SuggestivePOTemplate.potemplate
          WHERE msgid_singular = 347523)
     ORDER BY COALESCE(msgstr0, -1), COALESCE(msgstr1, -1), COALESCE(msgstr2, -1), COALESCE(msgstr3, -1), COALESCE(msgstr4, -1), COALESCE(msgstr5, -1), date_created DESC)LIMIT 2001;

(note the distinct in the innermost select)
is also much cheaper:

 Limit (cost=176.77..272.91 rows=8 width=76) (actual time=0.743..0.796 rows=4 loops=1)
   -> Nested Loop (cost=176.77..272.91 rows=8 width=76) (actual time=0.742..0.793 rows=4 loops=1)
         -> HashAggregate (cost=176.77..176.85 rows=8 width=4) (actual time=0.720..0.723 rows=4 loops=1)
               -> Unique (cost=176.53..176.67 rows=8 width=36) (actual time=0.694..0.710 rows=4 loops=1)
                     -> Sort (cost=176.53..176.55 rows=8 width=36) (actual time=0.692..0.700 rows=6 loops=1)
                           Sort Key: (COALESCE(public.translationmessage.msgstr0, (-1))), (COALESCE(public.translationmessage.msgstr1, (-1))), (COALESCE(public.translationmessage.msgstr2, (-1))), (COALESCE(public.translationmessage.msgstr3, (-1))), (COALESCE(public.translationmessage.msgstr4, (-1))), (COALESCE(public.translationmessage.msgstr5, (-1))), public.translationmessage.date_created
                           Sort Method: quicksort Memory: 25kB
                           -> Nested Loop (cost=101.49..176.41 rows=8 width=36) (actual time=0.563..0.663 rows=6 loops=1)
                                 -> HashAggregate (cost=101.49..101.54 rows=5 width=4) (actual time=0.495..0.499 rows=6 loops=1)
                                       -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..101.45 rows=18 width=4) (actual time=0.055..0.464 rows=24 loops=1)
                                             -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..96.38 rows=18 width=8) (actual time=0.043..0.224 rows=25 loops=1)
                                                   -> Index Scan using potmsgset_primemsgid_idx on potmsgset (cost=0.00..18.54 rows=5 width=4) (actual time=0.021..0.043 rows=9 loops=1)
                                                         Index Cond: (msgid_singular = 347523)
                                                   -> Index Scan using translationtemplateitem__potmsgset__idx on translationtemplateitem (cost=0.00..15.52 rows=4 width=8) (actual time=0.012..0.018 rows=3 loops=9)
                                                         Index Cond: (translationtemplateitem.potmsgset = potmsgset.id)
                                             -> Index Scan using suggestivepotemplate_pkey on suggestivepotemplate (cost=0.00..0.27 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.007..0.008 rows=1 loops=25)
                                                   Index Cond: (suggestivepotemplate.potemplate = translationtemplateitem.potemplate)
                                 -> Index Scan using translationmessage__potmsgset__language__idx on translationmessage (cost=0.00..14.94 rows=2 width=40) (actual time=0.023..0.024 rows=1 loops=6)
                                       Index Cond: ((public.translationmessage.potmsgset = potmsgset.id) AND (public.translationmessage.language = 132))
                                       Filter: (public.translationmessage.potmsgset <> 8171049)
         -> Index Scan using translationmessage_pkey on translationmessage (cost=0.00..11.99 rows=1 width=76) (actual time=0.014..0.015 rows=1 loops=4)
               Index Cond: (public.translationmessage.id = public.translationmessage.id)
 Total runtime: 1.048 ms
(23 rows)

Time: 10.518 ms