diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor.ts
index 7add249824..34b6a9a7d6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor.ts
@@ -172,17 +172,17 @@ class _ExtractVisitor implements html.Visitor {
   }
 
   private _extractFromAttributes(el: html.Element, messages: Message[]): void {
-    const explicitAttrNameToValue: Map<string, string> = new Map();
+    const explicitAttrNameToValue: {[k: string]: string} = {};
     const implicitAttrNames: string[] = this._implicitAttrs[el.name] || [];
 
     el.attrs.filter(attr => attr.name.startsWith(_I18N_ATTR_PREFIX))
         .forEach(
-            attr => explicitAttrNameToValue.set(
-                attr.name.substring(_I18N_ATTR_PREFIX.length), attr.value));
+            attr => explicitAttrNameToValue[attr.name.slice(_I18N_ATTR_PREFIX.length)] =
+                attr.value);
 
     el.attrs.forEach(attr => {
-      if (explicitAttrNameToValue.has(attr.name)) {
-        this._addMessage(messages, [attr], explicitAttrNameToValue.get(attr.name));
+      if (attr.name in explicitAttrNameToValue) {
+        this._addMessage(messages, [attr], explicitAttrNameToValue[attr.name]);
       } else if (implicitAttrNames.some(name => attr.name === name)) {
         this._addMessage(messages, [attr]);
       }
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ class _ExtractVisitor implements html.Visitor {
         0);
 
     if (significantChildren == 1) {
-      for (let i = startIndex; i < messages.length; i++) {
-        let ast = messages[i].nodes;
+      for (let i = messages.length - 1; i >= startIndex; i--) {
+        const ast = messages[i].nodes;
         if (!(ast.length == 1 && ast[0] instanceof html.Attribute)) {
           messages.splice(i, 1);
           break;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_spec.ts
index cf00a86d98..81b08275c9 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ export function main() {
         ]);
       });
 
+      it('should extract from elements', () => {
+        expect(
+            extract(
+                '<div i18n="m|d">{count, plural, =0 { <p i18n-title i18n-desc title="title" desc="desc"></p>}}</div>'))
+            .toEqual([
+              [
+                [
+                  '{count, plural, =0 {<p i18n-title="" i18n-desc="" title="title" desc="desc"></p>}}'
+                ],
+                'm', 'd'
+              ],
+              [['title="title"'], '', ''],
+              [['desc="desc"'], '', ''],
+            ]);
+      });
+
       it('should not create a message for empty elements',
          () => { expect(extract('<div i18n="m|d"></div>')).toEqual([]); });
     });