diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
index 1a37f3aaa8..0e834c1ca2 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import * as html from '../ml_parser/ast';
 import {InterpolationConfig} from '../ml_parser/interpolation_config';
+import {ParseTreeResult} from '../ml_parser/parser';
 
 import {digestMessage} from './digest';
 import * as i18n from './i18n_ast';
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export function extractMessages(
 
 export function mergeTranslations(
     nodes: html.Node[], translations: TranslationBundle, interpolationConfig: InterpolationConfig,
-    implicitTags: string[], implicitAttrs: {[k: string]: string[]}): html.Node[] {
+    implicitTags: string[], implicitAttrs: {[k: string]: string[]}): ParseTreeResult {
   const visitor = new _Visitor(implicitTags, implicitAttrs);
   return visitor.merge(nodes, translations, interpolationConfig);
 }
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
    */
   merge(
       nodes: html.Node[], translations: TranslationBundle,
-      interpolationConfig: InterpolationConfig): html.Node[] {
+      interpolationConfig: InterpolationConfig): ParseTreeResult {
     this._init(_VisitorMode.Merge, interpolationConfig);
     this._translations = translations;
 
@@ -111,12 +112,11 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
 
     const translatedNode = wrapper.visit(this, null);
 
-    // TODO(vicb): return MergeResult with errors
     if (this._inI18nBlock) {
       this._reportError(nodes[nodes.length - 1], 'Unclosed block');
     }
 
-    return translatedNode.children;
+    return new ParseTreeResult(translatedNode.children, this._errors);
   }
 
   visitExpansionCase(icuCase: html.ExpansionCase, context: any): any {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/html_parser.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/html_parser.ts
index 2200f838af..5672d29014 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/html_parser.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/html_parser.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ export class HtmlParser implements BaseHtmlParser {
     const xtb = new Xtb(this._htmlParser, interpolationConfig);
     const translationBundle = TranslationBundle.load(this._translations, url, messageBundle, xtb);
 
-    const translatedNodes =
-        mergeTranslations(parseResult.rootNodes, translationBundle, interpolationConfig, [], {});
-
-    return new ParseTreeResult(translatedNodes, []);
+    return mergeTranslations(parseResult.rootNodes, translationBundle, interpolationConfig, [], {});
   }
 }
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diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts
index ab2483153e..fc51c963a2 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts
@@ -410,10 +410,12 @@ function fakeTranslate(
 
   const translations = new TranslationBundle(i18nMsgMap);
 
-  const translateNodes = mergeTranslations(
-      htmlNodes, translations, DEFAULT_INTERPOLATION_CONFIG, implicitTags, implicitAttrs);
+  const translatedNodes =
+      mergeTranslations(
+          htmlNodes, translations, DEFAULT_INTERPOLATION_CONFIG, implicitTags, implicitAttrs)
+          .rootNodes;
 
-  return serializeHtmlNodes(translateNodes).join('');
+  return serializeHtmlNodes(translatedNodes).join('');
 }
 
 function extract(