diff --git a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/ng_compiler.dart b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/ng_compiler.dart
index 55c25126f3..006d861b27 100644
--- a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/ng_compiler.dart
+++ b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/ng_compiler.dart
@@ -14,18 +14,20 @@ import 'package:angular2/src/core/change_detection/interfaces.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/compiler/change_detector_compiler.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/router/router_link_dsl.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/compiler/proto_view_compiler.dart';
+import 'package:angular2/i18n.dart';
 
 import 'xhr_impl.dart';
 import 'url_resolver.dart';
 
 TemplateCompiler createTemplateCompiler(AssetReader reader,
-    {ChangeDetectorGenConfig changeDetectionConfig}) {
+    {ChangeDetectorGenConfig changeDetectionConfig, XmbDeserializationResult translations}) {
   var _xhr = new XhrImpl(reader);
-  var _htmlParser = new HtmlParser();
   var _urlResolver = const TransformerUrlResolver();
 
   // TODO(yjbanov): add router AST transformer when ready
   var parser = new ng.Parser(new ng.Lexer());
+  var _htmlParser = _createHtmlParser(translations, parser);
+
   var templateParser = new TemplateParser(
       parser,
       new DomElementSchemaRegistry(),
@@ -47,3 +49,11 @@ TemplateCompiler createTemplateCompiler(AssetReader reader,
       null /* ResolvedMetadataCache */,
       changeDetectionConfig);
 }
+
+HtmlParser _createHtmlParser(XmbDeserializationResult translations, ng.Parser parser) {
+  if (translations != null) {
+    return new I18nHtmlParser(new HtmlParser(), parser, translations.content, translations.messages);
+  } else {
+    return new HtmlParser();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options.dart b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options.dart
index 1b67fcf459..ec3017976b 100644
--- a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options.dart
+++ b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:glob/glob.dart';
 
 import 'annotation_matcher.dart';
 import 'mirror_mode.dart';
+import 'package:barback/src/asset/asset_id.dart';
 
 const CUSTOM_ANNOTATIONS_PARAM = 'custom_annotations';
 const ENTRY_POINT_PARAM = 'entry_points';
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ const INIT_REFLECTOR_PARAM = 'init_reflector';
 const INLINE_VIEWS_PARAM = 'inline_views';
 const MIRROR_MODE_PARAM = 'mirror_mode';
 const LAZY_TRANSFORMERS = 'lazy_transformers';
+const TRANSLATIONS = 'translations';
 
 /// Provides information necessary to transform an Angular2 app.
 class TransformerOptions {
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ class TransformerOptions {
   /// change.
   final bool genCompiledTemplates;
 
+  /// The path to the file with translations.
+  final AssetId translations;
+
   TransformerOptions._internal(
       this.entryPoints,
       this.entryPointGlobs,
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ class TransformerOptions {
       this.platformDirectives,
       this.platformPipes,
       this.resolvedIdentifiers,
+      this.translations,
       this.reflectPropertiesAsAttributes});
 
   factory TransformerOptions(List<String> entryPoints,
@@ -118,6 +124,7 @@ class TransformerOptions {
       List<String> platformPipes,
       Map<String, String> resolvedIdentifiers,
       bool lazyTransformers: false,
+      AssetId translations: null,
       bool formatCode: false}) {
     var annotationMatcher = new AnnotationMatcher()
       ..addAll(customAnnotationDescriptors);
@@ -134,6 +141,7 @@ class TransformerOptions {
         resolvedIdentifiers: resolvedIdentifiers,
         inlineViews: inlineViews,
         lazyTransformers: lazyTransformers,
+        translations: translations,
         formatCode: formatCode);
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options_reader.dart b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options_reader.dart
index 36dab07bb1..a7c4d96caa 100644
--- a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options_reader.dart
+++ b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/common/options_reader.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:barback/barback.dart';
 import 'annotation_matcher.dart';
 import 'mirror_mode.dart';
 import 'options.dart';
+import './url_resolver.dart';
 
   TransformerOptions parseBarbackSettings(BarbackSettings settings) {
   var config = settings.configuration;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import 'options.dart';
       inlineViews: _readBool(config, INLINE_VIEWS_PARAM, defaultValue: false),
       lazyTransformers:
           _readBool(config, LAZY_TRANSFORMERS, defaultValue: false),
+      translations: _readAssetId(config, TRANSLATIONS),
       formatCode: formatCode);
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +54,14 @@ bool _readBool(Map config, String paramName, {bool defaultValue}) {
       : defaultValue;
 }
 
+AssetId _readAssetId(Map config, String paramName) {
+  if (config.containsKey(paramName)) {
+    return fromUri(config[paramName]);
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 /// Cribbed from the polymer project.
 /// {@link https://github.com/dart-lang/polymer-dart}
 List<String> _readStringList(Map config, String paramName) {
diff --git a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/generator.dart b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/generator.dart
index 460cf73d25..a373bf2686 100644
--- a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/generator.dart
+++ b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/generator.dart
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/model/ng_deps_model.pb.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/names.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/ng_compiler.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/zone.dart' as zone;
+import 'package:angular2/i18n.dart';
 
 import 'reflection/processor.dart' as reg;
 import 'reflection/reflection_capabilities.dart';
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ Future<Outputs> processTemplates(AssetReader reader, AssetId assetId,
     bool reflectPropertiesAsAttributes: false,
     List<String> platformDirectives,
     List<String> platformPipes,
+    XmbDeserializationResult translations,
     Map<String, String> resolvedIdentifiers
     }) async {
   var viewDefResults = await createCompileData(
@@ -61,7 +63,9 @@ Future<Outputs> processTemplates(AssetReader reader, AssetId assetId,
   if (templateCompiler == null) {
     templateCompiler = createTemplateCompiler(reader,
         changeDetectionConfig: new ChangeDetectorGenConfig(
-            genChangeDetectionDebugInfo, reflectPropertiesAsAttributes, false));
+            genChangeDetectionDebugInfo, reflectPropertiesAsAttributes, false),
+        translations: translations
+        );
   }
 
   final compileData =
diff --git a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/transformer.dart b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/transformer.dart
index 298dc68c22..46e31a1c39 100644
--- a/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/transformer.dart
+++ b/modules_dart/transform/lib/src/transform/template_compiler/transformer.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/code/source_module.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/formatter.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/names.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/options.dart';
+import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/logging.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/zone.dart' as zone;
+import 'package:angular2/i18n.dart';
 
 import 'generator.dart';
 
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ import 'generator.dart';
 /// See `angular2/src/transform/transformer.dart` for transformer ordering.
 class TemplateCompiler extends Transformer implements LazyTransformer {
   final TransformerOptions options;
+  XmbDeserializationResult translations;
 
   TemplateCompiler(this.options);
 
@@ -43,12 +46,17 @@ class TemplateCompiler extends Transformer implements LazyTransformer {
       Html5LibDomAdapter.makeCurrent();
       var primaryId = transform.primaryInput.id;
       var reader = new AssetReader.fromTransform(transform);
+      if (translations == null && options.translations != null) {
+        translations = await _deserializeXmb(reader, options.translations);
+      }
+
       var outputs = await processTemplates(reader, primaryId,
           genChangeDetectionDebugInfo: options.genChangeDetectionDebugInfo,
           reflectPropertiesAsAttributes: options.reflectPropertiesAsAttributes,
           platformDirectives: options.platformDirectives,
           platformPipes: options.platformPipes,
-          resolvedIdentifiers: options.resolvedIdentifiers
+          resolvedIdentifiers: options.resolvedIdentifiers,
+          translations: translations
           );
       var ngDepsCode = _emptyNgDepsContents;
       if (outputs != null) {
@@ -65,6 +73,17 @@ class TemplateCompiler extends Transformer implements LazyTransformer {
           new Asset.fromString(templatesAssetId(primaryId), ngDepsCode));
     }, log: transform.logger);
   }
+
+  Future _deserializeXmb(AssetReader reader, AssetId translations) async {
+    final content = await reader.readAsString(translations);
+    final res = deserializeXmb(content, translations.toString());
+    if (res.errors.length > 0) {
+      res.errors.forEach((e) => log.error(e.msg));
+      throw "Cannot parse xmb file";
+    } else {
+      return res;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 const _emptyNgDepsContents = 'initReflector() {}\n';
diff --git a/modules_dart/transform/test/transform/template_compiler/all_tests.dart b/modules_dart/transform/test/transform/template_compiler/all_tests.dart
index bbd0fca8a8..ac47db14f7 100644
--- a/modules_dart/transform/test/transform/template_compiler/all_tests.dart
+++ b/modules_dart/transform/test/transform/template_compiler/all_tests.dart
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/code/source_module.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/zone.dart' as zone;
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/template_compiler/generator.dart';
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/template_compiler/compile_data_creator.dart';
+import 'package:angular2/i18n.dart';
 
 import 'package:angular2/src/transform/common/model/parameter_model.pb.dart';
 import '../common/compile_directive_metadata/ng_for.ng_meta.dart' as ngMeta;
@@ -83,13 +84,15 @@ void allTests() {
   });
 
   Future<String> process(AssetId assetId,
-      {List<String> platformDirectives, List<String> platformPipes, Map<String,String> resolvedIdentifiers}) {
+      {List<String> platformDirectives, List<String> platformPipes, Map<String,String> resolvedIdentifiers,
+      XmbDeserializationResult translations}) {
     logger = new RecordingLogger();
     return zone.exec(
         () => processTemplates(reader, assetId,
             platformDirectives: platformDirectives,
             platformPipes: platformPipes,
-            resolvedIdentifiers: resolvedIdentifiers),
+            resolvedIdentifiers: resolvedIdentifiers,
+            translations: translations),
         log: logger);
   }
 
@@ -646,6 +649,23 @@ void allTests() {
     expect(cmp.providers[0].useClass.name).toEqual("Service2");
     expect(cmp.providers[0].useClass.moduleUrl).toEqual("moduleUrl");
   });
+
+  it('should use i18n parser when translations are provided.', () async {
+    fooComponentMeta.template = new CompileTemplateMetadata(
+        template: '<div i18n>content</div>',
+        templateUrl: 'template.html');
+    updateReader();
+
+    final translations = deserializeXmb("""
+      <message-bundle>
+        <msg id="${id(new Message("content", null))}">another</msg>
+      </message-bundle>
+    """, "someUrl");
+
+    final outputs = await process(fooAssetId, translations: translations);
+    expect(_generatedCode(outputs)).toContain('another');
+    expect(_generatedCode(outputs)).not.toContain('content');
+  });
 }
 
 String _generatedCode(Outputs outputs) {