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[i18n] ability to dynamically load translations for the app

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area: @angular-devkit/build-angular devkit/build-angular:i18n needs: investigation
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Description

# 🐞 bug report

### Affected Package
@angular/localize

### Is this a regression?
Yes, it's a regression from v8

### Description
In v8 was a very handy solution to load your translation data for development.
It's described on this documentation page https://v8.angular.io/guide/i18n#merge-with-the-jit-compiler

With the migration to v9 there's no corresponding solution that will allow to quickly switch locales during runtime for development. As far as I understand, the suggested replacement is to run `ng serve` with the desired locale every time.

A little bit background here. We have 2 applications, every with 4 languages. For production, we build it with AOT as suggested. For development we use JIT and load corresponding translation depending on the browser URL (German for `/de/` for example), this mimics prod behavior. So, to switch translation and check how the interface looks in a different language, you just need to pick up another item in the language menu. The page reloads at the same URL but with a different language. Starting from v9 it's not supported, so we would have to run `ng serve` every time for a new language and start from the home page for every language again.

What would be a suggested way repeat v8 behavior? I checked `loadTranslatios` but it accepts a key-value object, not a XLIFF data. Is any function that can transform from XLIFF to a format understandable for `loadTranslations`

## 🌍 Your Environment

**Angular Version:**



Angular CLI: 9.1.9
Node: 12.4.0
OS: darwin x64

Angular: 9.1.11
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... language-service, localize, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router
Ivy Workspace: Yes

Package Version
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@angular-devkit/architect 0.901.9
@angular-devkit/build-angular 0.901.9
@angular-devkit/build-ng-packagr 0.901.9
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.901.9
@angular-devkit/build-webpack 0.901.9
@angular-devkit/core 9.1.9
@angular-devkit/schematics 9.1.9
@angular/cdk 9.2.4
@angular/cli 9.1.9
@angular/material 9.2.4
@angular/material-moment-adapter 9.2.4
@ngtools/webpack 9.1.9
@schematics/angular 9.1.9
@schematics/update 0.901.9
ng-packagr 9.1.5
rxjs 6.5.5
typescript 3.8.3
webpack 4.42.0

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Research direction

Start with @angular/localize and the linked v8 JIT i18n documentation; compare the v9 loadTranslations API with the requested XLIFF and runtime-locale workflow. Done means there is a supported approach for switching locales during development, including how XLIFF data is handled.

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Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
localization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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