diff --git a/packages/localize/src/tools/src/source_file_utils.ts b/packages/localize/src/tools/src/source_file_utils.ts
index b25cca8b6d..0a5f58ba0b 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/tools/src/source_file_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/localize/src/tools/src/source_file_utils.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * 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 {AbsoluteFsPath, relative, resolve} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system';
 import {ɵisMissingTranslationError, ɵmakeTemplateObject, ɵParsedTranslation, ɵSourceLocation, ɵtranslate} from '@angular/localize';
 import {NodePath} from '@babel/traverse';
 import * as t from '@babel/types';
@@ -347,15 +348,31 @@ export function buildCodeFrameError(path: NodePath, e: BabelParseError): string
   return `${filename}: ${message}`;
 }
 
-export function getLocation(path: NodePath): ɵSourceLocation|undefined {
-  const location = path.node.loc;
-  const file = path.hub.file.opts.filename;
-
-  if (!location || !file) {
+export function getLocation(startPath: NodePath, endPath?: NodePath): ɵSourceLocation|undefined {
+  const startLocation = startPath.node.loc;
+  const file = getFileFromPath(startPath);
+  if (!startLocation || !file) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  // Note we clone the `start` and `end` objects so that their prototype chains,
-  // from Babel, do not leak into our code.
-  return {start: {...location.start}, end: {...location.end}, file};
+  const endLocation =
+      endPath && getFileFromPath(endPath) === file && endPath.node.loc || startLocation;
+
+  return {
+    start: getLineAndColumn(startLocation.start),
+    end: getLineAndColumn(endLocation.end),
+    file
+  };
+}
+
+function getFileFromPath(path: NodePath|undefined): AbsoluteFsPath|null {
+  const opts = path?.hub.file.opts;
+  return opts?.filename ?
+      resolve(opts.generatorOpts.sourceRoot, relative(opts.cwd, opts.filename)) :
+      null;
+}
+
+function getLineAndColumn(loc: {line: number, column: number}): {line: number, column: number} {
+  // Note we want 0-based line numbers but Babel returns 1-based.
+  return {line: loc.line - 1, column: loc.column};
 }
diff --git a/packages/localize/src/tools/test/source_file_utils_spec.ts b/packages/localize/src/tools/test/source_file_utils_spec.ts
index 27877206b0..b245d8c8cd 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/tools/test/source_file_utils_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/localize/src/tools/test/source_file_utils_spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +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 {absoluteFrom} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system';
+import {runInEachFileSystem} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system/testing';
 import {ɵmakeTemplateObject} from '@angular/localize';
 import {NodePath, TransformOptions, transformSync} from '@babel/core';
 import generate from '@babel/generator';
@@ -195,23 +197,27 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('getLocation()', () => {
-    it('should return a plain object containing the start, end and file of a NodePath', () => {
-      const taggedTemplate =
-          getTaggedTemplate('const x = $localize ``;', {filename: 'src/test.js'});
-      const location = getLocation(taggedTemplate)!;
-      expect(location).toBeDefined();
-      expect(location.start).toEqual({line: 1, column: 10});
-      expect(location.start.constructor.name).toEqual('Object');
-      expect(location.end).toEqual({line: 1, column: 22});
-      expect(location.end.constructor.name).toEqual('Object');
-      expect(location.file).toContain('src/test.js');
-    });
+  runInEachFileSystem(() => {
+    describe('getLocation()', () => {
+      it('should return a plain object containing the start, end and file of a NodePath', () => {
+        const taggedTemplate = getTaggedTemplate('const x = $localize `message`;', {
+          filename: 'src/test.js',
+          sourceRoot: '/root',
+        });
+        const location = getLocation(taggedTemplate)!;
+        expect(location).toBeDefined();
+        expect(location.start).toEqual({line: 0, column: 10});
+        expect(location.start.constructor.name).toEqual('Object');
+        expect(location.end).toEqual({line: 0, column: 29});
+        expect(location.end?.constructor.name).toEqual('Object');
+        expect(location.file).toEqual(absoluteFrom('/root/src/test.js'));
+      });
 
-    it('should return undefined if the NodePath has no filename', () => {
-      const taggedTemplate = getTaggedTemplate('const x = $localize ``;');
-      const location = getLocation(taggedTemplate)!;
-      expect(location).toBeUndefined();
+      it('should return `undefined` if the NodePath has no filename', () => {
+        const taggedTemplate = getTaggedTemplate('const x = $localize ``;', {sourceRoot: '/root'});
+        const location = getLocation(taggedTemplate);
+        expect(location).toBeUndefined();
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/localize/src/utils/BUILD.bazel b/packages/localize/src/utils/BUILD.bazel
index ad07f16b7f..6a77fcf703 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/utils/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/localize/src/utils/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ ts_library(
     module_name = "@angular/localize/src/utils",
     deps = [
         "//packages/compiler",
+        "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/packages/localize/src/utils/src/messages.ts b/packages/localize/src/utils/src/messages.ts
index eec038b8c3..b735841bef 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/utils/src/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/localize/src/utils/src/messages.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 import {computeMsgId} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AbsoluteFsPath} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system';
 
 import {BLOCK_MARKER, ID_SEPARATOR, LEGACY_ID_INDICATOR, MEANING_SEPARATOR} from './constants';
 
@@ -39,12 +40,14 @@ export type TargetMessage = string;
 export type MessageId = string;
 
 /**
- * The location of the message
+ * The location of the message in the source file.
+ *
+ * The `line` and `column` values for the `start` and `end` properties are zero-based.
  */
 export interface SourceLocation {
   start: {line: number, column: number};
   end: {line: number, column: number};
-  file: string;
+  file: AbsoluteFsPath;
 }
 
 /**