SELECT 
  category_id, 
  category 
FROM 
  cscart_category_descriptions 
WHERE 
  category_id IN (744, 761) 
  AND lang_code = 'fr'

Query time 0.00036

Explain
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 SIMPLE cscart_category_descriptions range PRIMARY PRIMARY 9 2 Using index condition

Result

category_id category
744 Décoration
761 Pierre Décorative