diff --git a/integration/_payload-limits.json b/integration/_payload-limits.json
index 9773f8a944..e091e55979 100644
--- a/integration/_payload-limits.json
+++ b/integration/_payload-limits.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "master": {
       "uncompressed": {
         "runtime": 1440,
-        "main": 13266,
+        "main": 13264,
         "polyfills": 45340
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
index 6834da55f7..753437e007 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ export {
   ɵɵi18nEnd,
   ɵɵi18nApply,
   ɵɵi18nPostprocess,
-  i18nConfigureLocalize as ɵi18nConfigureLocalize,
   setLocaleId as ɵsetLocaleId,
   setClassMetadata as ɵsetClassMetadata,
   ɵɵresolveWindow,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
index baea1b2d36..34cc2757b2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {InertBodyHelper} from '../sanitization/inert_body';
 import {_sanitizeUrl, sanitizeSrcset} from '../sanitization/url_sanitizer';
 import {addAllToArray} from '../util/array_utils';
 import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertEqual, assertGreaterThan} from '../util/assert';
-import {global} from '../util/global';
 import {attachPatchData} from './context_discovery';
 import {bind, setDelayProjection} from './instructions/all';
 import {attachI18nOpCodesDebug} from './instructions/lview_debug';
@@ -1317,88 +1316,6 @@ function replaceNgsp(value: string): string {
   return value.replace(NGSP_UNICODE_REGEXP, ' ');
 }
 
-export interface I18nLocalizeOptions { translations: {[key: string]: string}; }
-
-/**
- * Provide translations for `$localize`.
- *
- * @deprecated this method is temporary & should not be used as it will be removed soon
- */
-export function i18nConfigureLocalize(options: I18nLocalizeOptions = {
-  translations: {}
-}) {
-  type TranslationInfo = {messageParts: TemplateStringsArray, placeholderNames: string[]};
-  type MessageInfo = {translationKey: string, replacements: {[placeholderName: string]: any}};
-  const PLACEHOLDER_MARKER = ':';
-  const TRANSLATIONS: {[key: string]: TranslationInfo} = {};
-
-  Object.keys(options.translations).forEach(key => {
-    TRANSLATIONS[key] = splitMessage(options.translations[key]);
-  });
-
-  if (ngDevMode) {
-    if (global.$localize === undefined) {
-      throw new Error(
-          'The global function `$localize` is missing. Please add `import \'@angular/localize\';` to your polyfills.ts file.');
-    }
-  }
-  $localize.translate = function(messageParts: TemplateStringsArray, expressions: readonly any[]):
-      [TemplateStringsArray, readonly any[]] {
-        const message = parseMessage(messageParts, expressions);
-        const translation = TRANSLATIONS[message.translationKey];
-        const result: [TemplateStringsArray, readonly any[]] =
-            (translation === undefined ? [messageParts, expressions] : [
-              translation.messageParts,
-              translation.placeholderNames.map(placeholder => message.replacements[placeholder])
-            ]);
-        return result;
-      };
-
-  function splitMessage(message: string): TranslationInfo {
-    const parts = message.split(/{\$([^}]*)}/);
-    const messageParts = [parts[0]];
-    const placeholderNames: string[] = [];
-    for (let i = 1; i < parts.length - 1; i += 2) {
-      placeholderNames.push(parts[i]);
-      messageParts.push(parts[i + 1]);
-    }
-    const rawMessageParts =
-        messageParts.map(part => part.charAt(0) === PLACEHOLDER_MARKER ? '\\' + part : part);
-    return {messageParts: makeTemplateObject(messageParts, rawMessageParts), placeholderNames};
-  }
-
-  function parseMessage(
-      messageParts: TemplateStringsArray, expressions: readonly any[]): MessageInfo {
-    const PLACEHOLDER_NAME_MARKER = ':';
-    const replacements: {[placeholderName: string]: any} = {};
-    let translationKey = messageParts[0];
-    for (let i = 1; i < messageParts.length; i++) {
-      const messagePart = messageParts[i];
-      const expression = expressions[i - 1];
-      // There is a problem with synthesized template literals in TS where the raw version
-      // cannot be found, since there is no original source code to read it from.
-      // In that case we just fall back on the non-raw version.
-      // This should be OK because synthesized nodes (from the template compiler) will always have
-      // placeholder names provided.
-      if ((messageParts.raw[i] || messagePart).charAt(0) === PLACEHOLDER_NAME_MARKER) {
-        const endOfPlaceholderName = messagePart.indexOf(PLACEHOLDER_NAME_MARKER, 1);
-        const placeholderName = messagePart.substring(1, endOfPlaceholderName);
-        translationKey += `{$${placeholderName}}${messagePart.substring(endOfPlaceholderName + 1)}`;
-        replacements[placeholderName] = expression;
-      } else {
-        translationKey += messagePart;
-        replacements[`ph_${i}`] = expression;
-      }
-    }
-    return {translationKey, replacements};
-  }
-
-  function makeTemplateObject(cooked: string[], raw: string[]): TemplateStringsArray {
-    Object.defineProperty(cooked, 'raw', {value: raw});
-    return cooked as any;
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * The locale id that the application is currently using (for translations and ICU expressions).
  * This is the ivy version of `LOCALE_ID` that was defined as an injection token for the view engine
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
index d1752af3bb..48a304a6bf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ export {
   ɵɵi18nEnd,
   ɵɵi18nApply,
   ɵɵi18nPostprocess,
-  i18nConfigureLocalize,
   getLocaleId,
   setLocaleId,
 } from './i18n';
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/BUILD.bazel b/packages/core/test/acceptance/BUILD.bazel
index e87138061b..db2a0e28be 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/BUILD.bazel
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ ts_library(
         "//packages/core",
         "//packages/core/src/util",
         "//packages/core/testing",
+        "//packages/localize",
+        "//packages/localize/run_time",
         "//packages/platform-browser",
         "//packages/platform-browser-dynamic",
         "//packages/platform-browser/animations",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
index e0f5335bfc..13ff777e95 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 import '@angular/localize';
 import {registerLocaleData} from '@angular/common';
 import localeRo from '@angular/common/locales/ro';
-import {Component, ContentChild, ContentChildren, Directive, HostBinding, Input, LOCALE_ID, QueryList, TemplateRef, Type, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, ɵi18nConfigureLocalize, Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, ContentChild, ContentChildren, Directive, HostBinding, Input, LOCALE_ID, QueryList, TemplateRef, Type, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
 import {setDelayProjection} from '@angular/core/src/render3/instructions/projection';
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {loadTranslations} from '@angular/localize/run_time';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
 import {onlyInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
@@ -24,14 +25,13 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   afterEach(() => { setDelayProjection(false); });
 
   it('should translate text', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'text': 'texte'}});
+    loadTranslations({'text': 'texte'});
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>text</div>`);
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div>texte</div>`);
   });
 
   it('should support interpolations', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-        {translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}!': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}!'}});
+    loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}!': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}!'});
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>Hello {{name}}!</div>`);
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div>Bonjour Angular!</div>`);
     fixture.componentRef.instance.name = `John`;
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support named interpolations', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        ' Hello {$userName}! Emails: {$amountOfEmailsReceived} ':
-            ' Bonjour {$userName}! Emails: {$amountOfEmailsReceived} '
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      ' Hello {$userName}! Emails: {$amountOfEmailsReceived} ':
+          ' Bonjour {$userName}! Emails: {$amountOfEmailsReceived} '
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
       <div i18n>
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support interpolations with custom interpolation config', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+    loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'});
     const interpolation = ['{%', '%}'] as[string, string];
     TestBed.overrideComponent(AppComp, {set: {interpolation}});
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>Hello {% name %}</div>`);
@@ -70,17 +68,15 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
 
   it('should support &ngsp; in translatable sections', () => {
     // note: the `` unicode symbol represents the `&ngsp;` in translations
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'text ||': 'texte ||'}});
+    loadTranslations({'text ||': 'texte ||'});
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppCompWithWhitespaces, `<div i18n>text |&ngsp;|</div>`);
 
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div>texte | |</div>`);
   });
 
   it('should support interpolations with complex expressions', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations:
-          {'{$interpolation} - {$interpolation_1}': '{$interpolation} - {$interpolation_1} (fr)'}
-    });
+    loadTranslations(
+        {'{$interpolation} - {$interpolation_1}': '{$interpolation} - {$interpolation_1} (fr)'});
     const fixture =
         initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>{{ name | uppercase }} - {{ obj?.a?.b }}</div>`);
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div>ANGULAR -  (fr)</div>`);
@@ -90,11 +86,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support elements', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        'Hello {$startTagSpan}world{$closeTagSpan} and {$startTagDiv}universe{$closeTagDiv}!':
-            'Bonjour {$startTagSpan}monde{$closeTagSpan} et {$startTagDiv}univers{$closeTagDiv}!'
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      'Hello {$startTagSpan}world{$closeTagSpan} and {$startTagDiv}universe{$closeTagDiv}!':
+          'Bonjour {$startTagSpan}monde{$closeTagSpan} et {$startTagDiv}univers{$closeTagDiv}!'
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(
         AppComp, `<div i18n>Hello <span>world</span> and <div>universe</div>!</div>`);
@@ -103,11 +97,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support removing elements', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        'Hello {$startBoldText}my{$closeBoldText}{$startTagSpan}world{$closeTagSpan}':
-            'Bonjour {$startTagSpan}monde{$closeTagSpan}'
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      'Hello {$startBoldText}my{$closeBoldText}{$startTagSpan}world{$closeTagSpan}':
+          'Bonjour {$startTagSpan}monde{$closeTagSpan}'
     });
     const fixture =
         initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>Hello <b>my</b><span>world</span></div><div>!</div>`);
@@ -116,11 +108,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support moving elements', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        'Hello {$startTagSpan}world{$closeTagSpan} and {$startTagDiv}universe{$closeTagDiv}!':
-            'Bonjour {$startTagDiv}univers{$closeTagDiv} et {$startTagSpan}monde{$closeTagSpan}!'
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      'Hello {$startTagSpan}world{$closeTagSpan} and {$startTagDiv}universe{$closeTagDiv}!':
+          'Bonjour {$startTagDiv}univers{$closeTagDiv} et {$startTagSpan}monde{$closeTagSpan}!'
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(
         AppComp, `<div i18n>Hello <span>world</span> and <div>universe</div>!</div>`);
@@ -129,11 +119,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support template directives', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        'Content: {$startTagDiv}before{$startTagSpan}middle{$closeTagSpan}after{$closeTagDiv}!':
-            'Contenu: {$startTagDiv}avant{$startTagSpan}milieu{$closeTagSpan}après{$closeTagDiv}!'
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      'Content: {$startTagDiv}before{$startTagSpan}middle{$closeTagSpan}after{$closeTagDiv}!':
+          'Contenu: {$startTagDiv}avant{$startTagSpan}milieu{$closeTagSpan}après{$closeTagDiv}!'
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(
         AppComp,
@@ -151,14 +139,12 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support multiple i18n blocks', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        'trad {$interpolation}': 'traduction {$interpolation}',
-        'start {$interpolation} middle {$interpolation_1} end':
-            'start {$interpolation_1} middle {$interpolation} end',
-        '{$startTagC}trad{$closeTagC}{$startTagD}{$closeTagD}{$startTagE}{$closeTagE}':
-            '{$startTagE}{$closeTagE}{$startTagC}traduction{$closeTagC}'
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      'trad {$interpolation}': 'traduction {$interpolation}',
+      'start {$interpolation} middle {$interpolation_1} end':
+          'start {$interpolation_1} middle {$interpolation} end',
+      '{$startTagC}trad{$closeTagC}{$startTagD}{$closeTagD}{$startTagE}{$closeTagE}':
+          '{$startTagE}{$closeTagE}{$startTagC}traduction{$closeTagC}'
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
       <div>
@@ -176,12 +162,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support multiple sibling i18n blocks', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        'Section 1': 'Section un',
-        'Section 2': 'Section deux',
-        'Section 3': 'Section trois',
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      'Section 1': 'Section un',
+      'Section 2': 'Section deux',
+      'Section 3': 'Section trois',
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
       <div>
@@ -194,12 +178,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support multiple sibling i18n blocks inside of a template directive', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        'Section 1': 'Section un',
-        'Section 2': 'Section deux',
-        'Section 3': 'Section trois',
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      'Section 1': 'Section un',
+      'Section 2': 'Section deux',
+      'Section 3': 'Section trois',
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
       <ul *ngFor="let item of [1,2,3]">
@@ -215,10 +197,8 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should properly escape quotes in content', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        '\'Single quotes\' and "Double quotes"': '\'Guillemets simples\' et "Guillemets doubles"'
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      '\'Single quotes\' and "Double quotes"': '\'Guillemets simples\' et "Guillemets doubles"'
     });
     const fixture =
         initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>'Single quotes' and "Double quotes"</div>`);
@@ -228,7 +208,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should correctly bind to context in nested template', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'Item {$interpolation}': 'Article {$interpolation}'}});
+    loadTranslations({'Item {$interpolation}': 'Article {$interpolation}'});
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
           <div *ngFor='let id of items'>
             <div i18n>Item {{ id }}</div>
@@ -248,13 +228,13 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should handle i18n attribute with directives', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+    loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'});
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div *ngIf="visible" i18n>Hello {{ name }}</div>`);
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.firstChild).toHaveText('Bonjour Angular');
   });
 
   it('should work correctly with event listeners', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+    loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'});
 
     @Component(
         {selector: 'app-comp', template: `<div i18n (click)="onClick()">Hello {{ name }}</div>`})
@@ -281,14 +261,13 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
 
   describe('ng-container and ng-template support', () => {
     it('should support ng-container', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'text': 'texte'}});
+      loadTranslations({'text': 'texte'});
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<ng-container i18n>text</ng-container>`);
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`texte<!--ng-container-->`);
     });
 
     it('should handle single translation message within ng-template', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+      loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'});
       const fixture =
           initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<ng-template i18n tplRef>Hello {{ name }}</ng-template>`);
 
@@ -297,11 +276,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('should be able to act as child elements inside i18n block (plain text content)', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{$startTagNgTemplate} Hello {$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer} Bye {$closeTagNgContainer}':
-              '{$startTagNgTemplate} Bonjour {$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer} Au revoir {$closeTagNgContainer}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{$startTagNgTemplate} Hello {$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer} Bye {$closeTagNgContainer}':
+            '{$startTagNgTemplate} Bonjour {$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer} Au revoir {$closeTagNgContainer}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
         <div i18n>
@@ -319,11 +297,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('should be able to act as child elements inside i18n block (text + tags)', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{$startTagNgTemplate}{$startTagSpan}Hello{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer}{$startTagSpan}Hello{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgContainer}':
-              '{$startTagNgTemplate}{$startTagSpan}Bonjour{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer}{$startTagSpan}Bonjour{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgContainer}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{$startTagNgTemplate}{$startTagSpan}Hello{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer}{$startTagSpan}Hello{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgContainer}':
+            '{$startTagNgTemplate}{$startTagSpan}Bonjour{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer}{$startTagSpan}Bonjour{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagNgContainer}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
         <div i18n>
@@ -349,11 +326,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       const key = '{$startTagNgTemplate}Hello {$interpolation}{$closeTagNgTemplate}' +
           '{$startTagNgContainer}Bye {$interpolation}{$closeTagNgContainer}';
 
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          [key]:
-              '{$startTagNgTemplate}Hej {$interpolation}{$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer}Vi ses {$interpolation}{$closeTagNgContainer}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        [key]:
+            '{$startTagNgTemplate}Hej {$interpolation}{$closeTagNgTemplate}{$startTagNgContainer}Vi ses {$interpolation}{$closeTagNgContainer}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
         <div i18n>
@@ -367,11 +343,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('should be able to handle deep nested levels with templates', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{$startTagSpan} Hello - 1 {$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan_1} Hello - 2 {$startTagSpan_1} Hello - 3 {$startTagSpan_1} Hello - 4 {$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan} Hello - 5 {$closeTagSpan}':
-              '{$startTagSpan} Bonjour - 1 {$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan_1} Bonjour - 2 {$startTagSpan_1} Bonjour - 3 {$startTagSpan_1} Bonjour - 4 {$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan} Bonjour - 5 {$closeTagSpan}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{$startTagSpan} Hello - 1 {$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan_1} Hello - 2 {$startTagSpan_1} Hello - 3 {$startTagSpan_1} Hello - 4 {$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan} Hello - 5 {$closeTagSpan}':
+            '{$startTagSpan} Bonjour - 1 {$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan_1} Bonjour - 2 {$startTagSpan_1} Bonjour - 3 {$startTagSpan_1} Bonjour - 4 {$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan} Bonjour - 5 {$closeTagSpan}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
         <div i18n>
@@ -401,11 +376,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('should handle self-closing tags as content', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{$startTagSpan}My logo{$tagImg}{$closeTagSpan}':
-              '{$startTagSpan}Mon logo{$tagImg}{$closeTagSpan}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{$startTagSpan}My logo{$tagImg}{$closeTagSpan}':
+            '{$startTagSpan}Mon logo{$tagImg}{$closeTagSpan}'
       });
       const content = `My logo<img src="logo.png" title="Logo">`;
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
@@ -460,11 +434,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
 
   describe('should support ICU expressions', () => {
     it('with no root node', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}':
-              '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} 20 {vingt} other {autre}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}':
+            '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} 20 {vingt} other {autre}}'
       });
       const fixture =
           initWithTemplate(AppComp, `{count, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}`);
@@ -474,11 +447,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('with no i18n tag', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}':
-              '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} 20 {vingt} other {autre}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}':
+            '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} 20 {vingt} other {autre}}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(
           AppComp, `<div>{count, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}</div>`);
@@ -488,12 +460,11 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('multiple', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {no {START_BOLD_TEXT}emails{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {one {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}':
-              '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {aucun {START_BOLD_TEXT}email{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {un {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}',
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {no {START_BOLD_TEXT}emails{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {one {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}':
+            '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {aucun {START_BOLD_TEXT}email{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {un {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}',
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>{count, plural,
         =0 {no <b>emails</b>!}
@@ -519,11 +490,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('with custom interpolation config', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} other {{$interpolation}}}':
-              '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} other {{$interpolation}}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} other {{$interpolation}}}':
+            '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} other {{$interpolation}}}'
       });
       const interpolation = ['{%', '%}'] as[string, string];
       TestBed.overrideComponent(AppComp, {set: {interpolation}});
@@ -534,12 +504,11 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('inside HTML elements', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {no {START_BOLD_TEXT}emails{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {one {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}':
-              '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {aucun {START_BOLD_TEXT}email{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {un {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}',
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {no {START_BOLD_TEXT}emails{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {one {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}':
+            '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {aucun {START_BOLD_TEXT}email{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {un {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} {START_TAG_SPAN}emails{CLOSE_TAG_SPAN}}}',
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n><span>{count, plural,
         =0 {no <b>emails</b>!}
@@ -567,10 +536,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('inside template directives', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n><span *ngIf="visible">{name, select,
         other {({{name}})}
@@ -588,10 +556,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('inside ng-container', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {(name)}}': '{VAR_SELECT, select, other {({$interpolation})}}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<ng-container i18n>{name, select,
         other {({{name}})}
@@ -600,11 +567,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('inside <ng-template>', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}':
-              '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} 20 {vingt} other {autre}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {ten} 20 {twenty} other {other}}':
+            '{VAR_SELECT, select, 10 {dix} 20 {vingt} other {autre}}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(
           AppComp, `
@@ -618,11 +584,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('nested', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {zero} other {{INTERPOLATION} {VAR_SELECT, select, cat {cats} dog {dogs} other {animals}}!}}':
-              '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {zero} other {{INTERPOLATION} {VAR_SELECT, select, cat {chats} dog {chients} other {animaux}}!}}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {zero} other {{INTERPOLATION} {VAR_SELECT, select, cat {cats} dog {dogs} other {animals}}!}}':
+            '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {zero} other {{INTERPOLATION} {VAR_SELECT, select, cat {chats} dog {chients} other {animaux}}!}}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>{count, plural,
         =0 {zero}
@@ -647,7 +612,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       const translation =
           '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {zero} =2 {{INTERPOLATION} {VAR_SELECT, select, ' +
           'cat {chats} dog {chients} other {animaux}}!} other {other - {INTERPOLATION}}}';
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {[key]: translation}});
+      loadTranslations({[key]: translation});
 
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n>{count, plural,
         =0 {zero}
@@ -729,7 +694,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         value = 3;
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {}});
+      loadTranslations({});
 
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -979,14 +944,13 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
 
   describe('should support attributes', () => {
     it('text', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'text': 'texte'}});
+      loadTranslations({'text': 'texte'});
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n i18n-title title="text"></div>`);
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div title="texte"></div>`);
     });
 
     it('interpolations', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'hello {$interpolation}': 'bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+      loadTranslations({'hello {$interpolation}': 'bonjour {$interpolation}'});
       const fixture =
           initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n i18n-title title="hello {{name}}"></div>`);
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div title="bonjour Angular"></div>`);
@@ -997,16 +961,14 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('with pipes', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'hello {$interpolation}': 'bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+      loadTranslations({'hello {$interpolation}': 'bonjour {$interpolation}'});
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(
           AppComp, `<div i18n i18n-title title="hello {{name | uppercase}}"></div>`);
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div title="bonjour ANGULAR"></div>`);
     });
 
     it('multiple attributes', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'hello {$interpolation}': 'bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+      loadTranslations({'hello {$interpolation}': 'bonjour {$interpolation}'});
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(
           AppComp,
           `<input i18n i18n-title title="hello {{name}}" i18n-placeholder placeholder="hello {{name}}">`);
@@ -1020,16 +982,14 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('on removed elements', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'text': 'texte', '{$startTagSpan}content{$closeTagSpan}': 'contenu'}});
+      loadTranslations({'text': 'texte', '{$startTagSpan}content{$closeTagSpan}': 'contenu'});
       const fixture =
           initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<div i18n><span i18n-title title="text">content</span></div>`);
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML).toEqual(`<div>contenu</div>`);
     });
 
     it('with custom interpolation config', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+      loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'});
       const interpolation = ['{%', '%}'] as[string, string];
       TestBed.overrideComponent(AppComp, {set: {interpolation}});
       const fixture =
@@ -1040,7 +1000,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('in nested template', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {'Item {$interpolation}': 'Article {$interpolation}'}});
+      loadTranslations({'Item {$interpolation}': 'Article {$interpolation}'});
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
           <div *ngFor='let item of [1,2,3]'>
             <div i18n-title='m|d' title='Item {{ item }}'></div>
@@ -1054,8 +1014,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
 
     it('should add i18n attributes on self-closing tags', () => {
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'}});
+      loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}'});
       const fixture =
           initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<img src="logo.png" i18n-title title="Hello {{ name }}">`);
 
@@ -1128,15 +1087,13 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     }
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [ClsDir, MyApp]});
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        // Not that this translation switches the order of the expressions!
-        'start {$interpolation} middle {$interpolation_1} end':
-            'début {$interpolation_1} milieu {$interpolation} fin',
-        '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {no {START_BOLD_TEXT}emails{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {one {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} emails}}':
-            '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {aucun {START_BOLD_TEXT}email{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {un {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} emails}}',
-        ' trad: {$icu} ': ' traduction: {$icu} '
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      // Not that this translation switches the order of the expressions!
+      'start {$interpolation} middle {$interpolation_1} end':
+          'début {$interpolation_1} milieu {$interpolation} fin',
+      '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {no {START_BOLD_TEXT}emails{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {one {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} emails}}':
+          '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {aucun {START_BOLD_TEXT}email{CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT}!} =1 {un {START_ITALIC_TEXT}email{CLOSE_ITALIC_TEXT}} other {{INTERPOLATION} emails}}',
+      ' trad: {$icu} ': ' traduction: {$icu} '
     });
     const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyApp);
     fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1178,9 +1135,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     }
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [AppComp, MyComp]});
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}', 'works': 'fonctionne'}
-    });
+    loadTranslations({'Hello {$interpolation}': 'Bonjour {$interpolation}', 'works': 'fonctionne'});
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(
         AppComp,
         `<my-comp i18n i18n-title title="works" i18n-value="hi" value="Hello {{name}}"></my-comp>`);
@@ -1194,11 +1149,9 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('should support adding/moving/removing nodes', () => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-      translations: {
-        '{$startTagDiv2}{$closeTagDiv2}{$startTagDiv3}{$closeTagDiv3}{$startTagDiv4}{$closeTagDiv4}{$startTagDiv5}{$closeTagDiv5}{$startTagDiv6}{$closeTagDiv6}{$startTagDiv7}{$closeTagDiv7}{$startTagDiv8}{$closeTagDiv8}':
-            '{$startTagDiv2}{$closeTagDiv2}{$startTagDiv8}{$closeTagDiv8}{$startTagDiv4}{$closeTagDiv4}{$startTagDiv5}{$closeTagDiv5}Bonjour monde{$startTagDiv3}{$closeTagDiv3}{$startTagDiv7}{$closeTagDiv7}'
-      }
+    loadTranslations({
+      '{$startTagDiv2}{$closeTagDiv2}{$startTagDiv3}{$closeTagDiv3}{$startTagDiv4}{$closeTagDiv4}{$startTagDiv5}{$closeTagDiv5}{$startTagDiv6}{$closeTagDiv6}{$startTagDiv7}{$closeTagDiv7}{$startTagDiv8}{$closeTagDiv8}':
+          '{$startTagDiv2}{$closeTagDiv2}{$startTagDiv8}{$closeTagDiv8}{$startTagDiv4}{$closeTagDiv4}{$startTagDiv5}{$closeTagDiv5}Bonjour monde{$startTagDiv3}{$closeTagDiv3}{$startTagDiv7}{$closeTagDiv7}'
     });
     const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
       <div i18n>
@@ -1236,12 +1189,11 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         name: string = 'Parent';
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          'Child of {$interpolation}': 'Enfant de {$interpolation}',
-          '{$startTagChild}I am projected from {$startBoldText}{$interpolation}{$startTagRemoveMe_1}{$closeTagRemoveMe_1}{$closeBoldText}{$startTagRemoveMe_2}{$closeTagRemoveMe_2}{$closeTagChild}{$startTagRemoveMe_3}{$closeTagRemoveMe_3}':
-              '{$startTagChild}Je suis projeté depuis {$startBoldText}{$interpolation}{$closeBoldText}{$closeTagChild}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        'Child of {$interpolation}': 'Enfant de {$interpolation}',
+        '{$startTagChild}I am projected from {$startBoldText}{$interpolation}{$startTagRemoveMe_1}{$closeTagRemoveMe_1}{$closeBoldText}{$startTagRemoveMe_2}{$closeTagRemoveMe_2}{$closeTagChild}{$startTagRemoveMe_3}{$closeTagRemoveMe_3}':
+            '{$startTagChild}Je suis projeté depuis {$startBoldText}{$interpolation}{$closeBoldText}{$closeTagChild}'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1270,11 +1222,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         name: string = 'Parent';
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          'Child of {$interpolation}': 'Enfant de {$interpolation}',
-          'I am projected from {$interpolation}': 'Je suis projeté depuis {$interpolation}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        'Child of {$interpolation}': 'Enfant de {$interpolation}',
+        'I am projected from {$interpolation}': 'Je suis projeté depuis {$interpolation}'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1313,11 +1264,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       }
 
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child, GrandChild]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{$startBoldText}Hello{$closeBoldText} World!':
-              '{$startBoldText}Bonjour{$closeBoldText} monde!'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{$startBoldText}Hello{$closeBoldText} World!':
+            '{$startBoldText}Bonjour{$closeBoldText} monde!'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1341,8 +1291,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       }
 
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child, GrandChild]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize(
-          {translations: {'{$startBoldText}Hello{$closeBoldText} World!': 'Bonjour monde!'}});
+      loadTranslations({'{$startBoldText}Hello{$closeBoldText} World!': 'Bonjour monde!'});
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
@@ -1367,11 +1316,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       }
 
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{$startTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan_1}{$closeTagSpan}':
-              '{$startTagSpan}Contenu{$closeTagSpan}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{$startTagSpan}{$closeTagSpan}{$startTagSpan_1}{$closeTagSpan}':
+            '{$startTagSpan}Contenu{$closeTagSpan}'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1392,11 +1340,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         name: string = 'Parent';
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          'Content projected from {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
-              'Contenu projeté depuis {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        'Content projected from {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
+            'Contenu projeté depuis {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}'
       });
 
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
@@ -1423,11 +1370,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         name: string = 'Parent';
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          'Content projected from {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
-              '{$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent} a projeté le contenu'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        'Content projected from {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
+            '{$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent} a projeté le contenu'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1446,12 +1392,11 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         name: string = 'Parent';
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          'Child content {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
-              'Contenu enfant {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}',
-          'and projection from {$interpolation}': 'et projection depuis {$interpolation}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        'Child content {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
+            'Contenu enfant {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}',
+        'and projection from {$interpolation}': 'et projection depuis {$interpolation}'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1478,7 +1423,7 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         value = 3;
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: {}});
+      loadTranslations({});
 
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1501,12 +1446,11 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         name: string = 'Parent';
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          'Child content {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
-              'Contenu enfant {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}',
-          'and projection from {$icu}': 'et projection depuis {$icu}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        'Child content {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}':
+            'Contenu enfant {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}',
+        'and projection from {$icu}': 'et projection depuis {$icu}'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1532,11 +1476,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         name: string = 'Parent';
       }
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Parent, Child]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          'Child content {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}': 'Contenu enfant',
-          'and projection from {$interpolation}': 'et projection depuis {$interpolation}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        'Child content {$startTagNgContent}{$closeTagNgContent}': 'Contenu enfant',
+        'and projection from {$interpolation}': 'et projection depuis {$interpolation}'
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -1622,11 +1565,10 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       }
 
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [TextDirective, DivQuery]});
-      ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({
-        translations: {
-          '{$startTagNgTemplate}{$startTagDiv_1}{$startTagDiv}{$startTagSpan}Content{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagDiv}{$closeTagDiv}{$closeTagNgTemplate}':
-              '{$startTagNgTemplate}Contenu{$closeTagNgTemplate}'
-        }
+      loadTranslations({
+
+        '{$startTagNgTemplate}{$startTagDiv_1}{$startTagDiv}{$startTagSpan}Content{$closeTagSpan}{$closeTagDiv}{$closeTagDiv}{$closeTagNgTemplate}':
+            '{$startTagNgTemplate}Contenu{$closeTagNgTemplate}'
       });
       const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
           <div-query #q i18n>
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts
index b73e2c26f5..a210dc3225 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
  */
 
 import {CommonModule, DOCUMENT} from '@angular/common';
-import {Compiler, Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, Directive, DoCheck, ElementRef, EmbeddedViewRef, ErrorHandler, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, NgModule, OnInit, Pipe, PipeTransform, QueryList, RendererFactory2, RendererType2, Sanitizer, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef, ɵi18nConfigureLocalize} from '@angular/core';
+import {Compiler, Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, Directive, DoCheck, ElementRef, EmbeddedViewRef, ErrorHandler, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, NgModule, OnInit, Pipe, PipeTransform, QueryList, RendererFactory2, RendererType2, Sanitizer, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {Input} from '@angular/core/src/metadata';
 import {ngDevModeResetPerfCounters} from '@angular/core/src/util/ng_dev_mode';
 import {TestBed, TestComponentRenderer} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {loadTranslations} from '@angular/localize/run_time';
 import {By, DomSanitizer} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
 import {ivyEnabled, onlyInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
   }
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: TRANSLATIONS});
+    loadTranslations(TRANSLATIONS);
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       declarations: [
         StructDir, ViewContainerRefComp, ViewContainerRefApp, DestroyCasesComp, ConstructorDir,
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel
index c664a93dd8..acd83c5928 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "http_server")
 
 ng_module(
     name = "hello_world_i18n",
-    srcs = ["index.ts"],
+    srcs = [
+        "index.ts",
+        "translations.ts",
+    ],
     deps = [
         "//packages/core",
+        "//packages/localize/run_time",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/index.ts b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/index.ts
index f6391126ba..c9d3349ca0 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/index.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,8 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-
-import {Component, NgModule, ɵi18nConfigureLocalize, ɵrenderComponent as renderComponent} from '@angular/core';
-
-const translations = {
-  'Hello World!': 'Bonjour Monde!',
-  'Hello Title!': 'Bonjour Titre!',
-};
-
-ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations});
+import './translations';
+import {Component, NgModule, ɵrenderComponent as renderComponent} from '@angular/core';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'hello-world',
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/translations.ts b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/translations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d1fb21f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/translations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {loadTranslations} from '@angular/localize/run_time';
+
+const translations = {
+  'Hello World!': 'Bonjour Monde!',
+  'Hello Title!': 'Bonjour Titre!',
+};
+
+loadTranslations(translations);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/BUILD.bazel b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/BUILD.bazel
index a45ef64f2f..21d5ac8664 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/BUILD.bazel
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ng_module(
         "//packages/common",
         "//packages/core",
         "//packages/core/test/bundling/util:reflect_metadata",
-        "//packages/localize",
+        "//packages/localize/run_time",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/index.ts b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/index.ts
index 627e14961d..609c372562 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/index.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ import '@angular/core/test/bundling/util/src/reflect_metadata';
 // Make the `$localize()` global function available to the compiled templates, and the direct calls
 // below. This would normally be done inside the application `polyfills.ts` file.
 import '@angular/localize';
-/**
- * TODO(ocombe): replace this with the real runtime i18n service configuration
- * For now we define inline translations that are added with the function `ɵi18nConfigureLocalize`,
- * but this function will go away once we have finished designing and implementing the new runtime
- * service. At this point we should revisit this code and update it to use that new service.
- * See FW-114.
- */
 import './translations';
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
 import {Component, Injectable, NgModule, ViewEncapsulation, ɵmarkDirty as markDirty, ɵrenderComponent as renderComponent} from '@angular/core';
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/translations.ts b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/translations.ts
index 9fa77c6744..fa79645d3c 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/translations.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo_i18n/translations.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ɵi18nConfigureLocalize} from '@angular/core';
+import {loadTranslations} from '@angular/localize/run_time';
 
-export const translations: {[key: string]: string} = {
+export const translations = {
   'What needs to be done?': `Qu'y a-t-il à faire ?`,
   '{$startHeadingLevel1}todos{$closeHeadingLevel1}{$tagInput}':
       '{$startHeadingLevel1}liste de tâches{$closeHeadingLevel1}{$tagInput}',
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ export const translations: {[key: string]: string} = {
   'Demonstrate internationalization': `Démontrer l'internationalisation`
 };
 
-ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations});
+loadTranslations(translations);