diff --git a/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
index 79b9f251dd..f5ac9094d0 100644
--- a/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ describe('protractor App', () => {
     page = new ProtractorPage();
   });
 
-  it('should display title "DSpace"', () => {
+  it('should display translated title "DSpace Angular :: Home"', () => {
     page.navigateTo();
-    expect<any>(page.getPageTitleText()).toEqual('DSpace');
+    expect<any>(page.getPageTitleText()).toEqual('DSpace Angular :: Home');
   });
 
   it('should display header "Welcome to DSpace"', () => {
diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index 3388190295..2239d605cc 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@
     }
   },
   "home": {
+    "title": "DSpace Angular :: Home",
+    "description": "",
     "top-level-communities": {
       "head": "Communities in DSpace",
       "help": "Select a community to browse its collections."
     }
   },
   "search": {
+    "title": "DSpace Angular :: Search",
+    "description": "",
     "form": {
       "search": "Search",
       "search_dspace": "Search DSpace"
diff --git a/src/app/+home-page/home-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/+home-page/home-page-routing.module.ts
index f70109e3fe..d7dcc18f49 100644
--- a/src/app/+home-page/home-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+home-page/home-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { HomePageComponent } from './home-page.component';
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     RouterModule.forChild([
-      { path: '', component: HomePageComponent, pathMatch: 'full', data: { title: 'DSpace Angular :: Home' } }
+      { path: '', component: HomePageComponent, pathMatch: 'full', data: { title: 'home.title' } }
     ])
   ]
 })
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts
index a74a88dcfa..65cca99a34 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { SearchPageComponent } from './search-page.component';
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     RouterModule.forChild([
-      { path: '', component: SearchPageComponent, data: { title: 'DSpace Angular :: Search' } }
+      { path: '', component: SearchPageComponent, data: { title: 'search.title' } }
     ])
   ]
 })
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
index 803343c12c..6f740b9f18 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 
 import { Location, CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 import { Component, CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { By, Meta, MetaDefinition } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { By, Meta, MetaDefinition, Title } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
+import { TranslateModule, TranslateLoader } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
 import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
@@ -22,12 +24,13 @@ import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 
-import { NormalizedItem } from '../cache/models/normalized-item.model';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { NormalizedItem } from '../cache/models/normalized-item.model';
 
-import { MockRouter } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-router';
-import { MockNormalizedItem } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-normalized-item';
 import { MockItem } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-item';
+import { MockNormalizedItem } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-normalized-item';
+import { MockRouter } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-router';
+import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 @Component({
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
 
   let meta: Meta;
 
+  let title: Title;
+
   let store: Store<CoreState>;
 
   let objectCacheService: ObjectCacheService;
@@ -76,6 +81,12 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       imports: [
         CommonModule,
         StoreModule.forRoot({}),
+        TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: MockTranslateLoader
+          }
+        }),
         RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([
           { path: 'items/:id', component: DummyItemComponent, pathMatch: 'full', data: { type: NormalizedItem } },
           { path: 'other', component: DummyItemComponent, pathMatch: 'full', data: { title: 'Dummy Title', description: 'This is a dummy component for testing!' } }
@@ -92,11 +103,13 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
         { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: remoteDataBuildService },
         { provide: GLOBAL_CONFIG, useValue: ENV_CONFIG },
         Meta,
+        Title,
         MetadataService
       ],
       schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA]
     });
     meta = TestBed.get(Meta);
+    title = TestBed.get(Title);
     metadataService = TestBed.get(MetadataService);
 
     envConfig = TestBed.get(GLOBAL_CONFIG);
@@ -119,6 +132,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
     spyOn(remoteDataBuildService, 'build').and.returnValue(MockItem);
     router.navigate(['/items/0ec7ff22-f211-40ab-a69e-c819b0b1f357']);
     tick();
+    expect(title.getTitle()).toEqual('Test PowerPoint Document');
     expect(tagStore.get('citation_title')[0].content).toEqual('Test PowerPoint Document');
     expect(tagStore.get('citation_author')[0].content).toEqual('Doe, Jane');
     expect(tagStore.get('citation_date')[0].content).toEqual('1650-06-26T19:58:25Z');
@@ -152,6 +166,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
     router.navigate(['/other']);
     tick();
     expect(tagStore.size).toEqual(2);
+    expect(title.getTitle()).toEqual('Dummy Title');
     expect(tagStore.get('title')[0].content).toEqual('Dummy Title');
     expect(tagStore.get('description')[0].content).toEqual('This is a dummy component for testing!');
   }));
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
index 60c2004071..4090d2b484 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import {
   Params,
   Router
 } from '@angular/router';
-import { Meta, MetaDefinition } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import { Meta, MetaDefinition, Title } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
@@ -37,7 +40,9 @@ export class MetadataService {
     private router: Router,
     private objectCacheService: ObjectCacheService,
     private remoteDataBuildService: RemoteDataBuildService,
+    private translate: TranslateService,
     private meta: Meta,
+    private title: Title,
     @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private envConfig: GlobalConfig
   ) {
     // TODO: determine what open graph meta tags are needed and whether
@@ -63,7 +68,6 @@ export class MetadataService {
   }
 
   private processRouteChange(routeInfo: any): void {
-    this.clearMetaTags();
     if (routeInfo.params.value.id && routeInfo.data.value.type) {
       this.objectCacheService.getByUUID(routeInfo.params.value.id, routeInfo.data.value.type)
         .first().subscribe((normalizedObject: CacheableObject) => {
@@ -74,11 +78,17 @@ export class MetadataService {
           this.currentObject.next(dspaceObject);
         });
     } else {
+      this.clearMetaTags();
       if (routeInfo.data.value.title) {
-        this.addMetaTag('title', routeInfo.data.value.title);
+        this.translate.get(routeInfo.data.value.title).take(1).subscribe((translatedTitle: string) => {
+          this.addMetaTag('title', translatedTitle);
+          this.title.setTitle(translatedTitle);
+        });
       }
       if (routeInfo.data.value.description) {
-        this.addMetaTag('description', routeInfo.data.value.description);
+        this.translate.get(routeInfo.data.value.description).take(1).subscribe((translatedDescription: string) => {
+          this.addMetaTag('description', translatedDescription);
+        });
       }
     }
   }
@@ -100,6 +110,8 @@ export class MetadataService {
 
   private setMetaTags(): void {
 
+    this.clearMetaTags();
+
     this.setTitleTag();
     this.setDescriptionTag();
 
@@ -147,6 +159,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
   private setTitleTag(): void {
     const value = this.getMetaTagValue('dc.title');
     this.addMetaTag('title', value);
+    this.title.setTitle(value);
   }
 
   /**