using loaded language file inside controller, possible?

[eluser]moonbeetle[/eluser]
Thanks all for replying. The problem I experienced was due to the fact that I also loaded a model in my controller and that this model also had a property $this->lang (for dynamic queries on tables that contain translations or language dependent data). After renaming that to $this->language my problem was solved. Tok me a while to figure out what was wrong.