Angular2 i18n for placeholder text

Question

Is there a way to translate the placeholder text for an input text field using Angular 2\'s i18n?

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Answer 1

To add to the answer from @evandongen, here's where this is documented in the Angular docs:

Updated link:

https://angular.io/guide/i18n#translate-attributes

Add i18n translation attributes

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To mark an attribute for translation, add an attribute in the form of i18n-x, where x is the name of the attribute to translate. The following example shows how to mark the title attribute for translation by adding the i18n-title attribute on the img tag:

This technique works for any attribute of any element.

You also can assign a meaning, description, and id with the i18n-x="|@@" syntax.