Deep null check inside linq expression, is there a better way?

Question

Unless it's in the Linq expression I could use the operator "?.". But since I can't use it in Linq, it's bad code writing. How can I do a deep null check?

_collection.Select(x=> new CollectionModel
{
Title = x.CollectionValues != null &&
        x.CollectionValues.Any(x => x.Amount == amount) &&
        x.CollectionValues.First(x => x.Amount == amount).TranslationTitle != null && 
        x.CollectionValues.First(x => x.Amount == amount).TranslationTitle.TranslationValues != null &&
        x.CollectionValues.First(x => x.Amount == amount).TranslationTitle.TranslationValues.Any(x => x.LanguageId == languageId) ?
        x.CollectionValues.First(x => x.Amount == amount).TranslationTitle.TranslationValues.FirstOrDefault(x => x.LanguageId == languageId).Value 
        : ""
}
)

Answer 1

Try to do not do any null checks in LINQ to Entities query. EF should handle nulls automatically:

_collection.Select(x=> new CollectionModel
    {
        Title = x.CollectionValues!.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Amount == amount)!
            .TranslationTitle.TranslationValues!
            .FirstOrDefault(x => x.LanguageId == languageId)!
            .Value ?? ""
    }
);