diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilder.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilder.php
index bcfb7ef..cc0deaf 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilder.php
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Entity\EntityViewDisplay;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManagerInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\TypedData\TranslatableInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\TranslatableInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ public static function createInstance(ContainerInterface $container, EntityTypeI
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full') {
-    $build_list = $this->viewMultiple(array($entity), $view_mode);
+  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
+    $build_list = $this->viewMultiple(array($entity), $view_mode, $langcode);
 
     // The default ::buildMultiple() #pre_render callback won't run, because we
     // extract a child element of the default renderable array. Thus we must
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full') {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full') {
+  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
     $build_list = array(
       '#sorted' => TRUE,
       '#pre_render' => array(array($this, 'buildMultiple')),
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full') {
     foreach ($entities as $key => $entity) {
       // Ensure that from now on we are dealing with the proper translation
       // object.
-      $entity = $this->entityManager->getTranslationFromContext($entity);
+      $entity = $this->entityManager->getTranslationFromContext($entity, $langcode);
 
       // Set build defaults.
       $build_list[$key] = $this->getBuildDefaults($entity, $view_mode);
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilderInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilderInterface.php
index 87df69f..eff6516 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilderInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilderInterface.php
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ public function buildComponents(array &$build, array $entities, array $displays,
    *   The entity to render.
    * @param string $view_mode
    *   (optional) The view mode that should be used to render the entity.
+   * @param string $langcode
+   *   (optional) For which language the entity should be rendered, defaults to
+   *   the current content language.
    *
    * @return array
    *   A render array for the entity.
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ public function buildComponents(array &$build, array $entities, array $displays,
    *   comment belongs to, or not passing one, and having the comment node not
    *   be available for loading.
    */
-  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full');
+  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL);
 
   /**
    * Builds the render array for the provided entities.
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full');
    *   An array of entities implementing EntityInterface to view.
    * @param string $view_mode
    *   (optional) The view mode that should be used to render the entity.
+   * @param string $langcode
+   *   (optional) For which language the entity should be rendered, defaults to
+   *   the current content language.
    *
    * @return
    *   A render array for the entities, indexed by the same keys as the
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full');
    *   comments belongs to, or not passing one, and having the comments node not
    *   be available for loading.
    */
-  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full');
+  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL);
 
   /**
    * Resets the entity render cache.
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
index 7f20831..37fcdff 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
@@ -468,8 +468,10 @@
  * @endcode
  * Then, to build and render the entity:
  * @code
- * // The current translation language is used.
- * $build = $view_builder->view($entity, 'view_mode_name');
+ * // You can omit the language ID, by default the current content language will
+ * // be used. If no translation is available for the current language, fallback
+ * // rules will be used.
+ * $build = $view_builder->view($entity, 'view_mode_name', $language->getId());
  * // $build is a render array.
  * $rendered = drupal_render($build);
  * @endcode
@@ -502,6 +504,7 @@
  *
  * @see i18n
  * @see entity_crud
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface::getTranslationFromContext()
  * @}
  */
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
index 741f3ef..b98fc45 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
       }
 
       if ($entity->id()) {
-        $elements[$delta] = entity_view($entity, $view_mode);
+        $elements[$delta] = entity_view($entity, $view_mode, $entity->language()->getId());
 
         // Add a resource attribute to set the mapping property's value to the
         // entity's url. Since we don't know what the markup of the entity will
diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/src/FeedViewBuilder.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/FeedViewBuilder.php
index a990b41..11b78ab 100644
--- a/core/modules/aggregator/src/FeedViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/FeedViewBuilder.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public function buildComponents(array &$build, array $entities, array $displays,
 
         $build[$id]['items'] = $this->entityManager
           ->getViewBuilder('aggregator_item')
-          ->viewMultiple($items, $view_mode);
+          ->viewMultiple($items, $view_mode, $entity->language()->getId());
 
         if ($view_mode == 'full') {
           // Also add the pager.
diff --git a/core/modules/block/src/BlockViewBuilder.php b/core/modules/block/src/BlockViewBuilder.php
index 3baee2f..b05cf23 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/src/BlockViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/src/BlockViewBuilder.php
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ public function buildComponents(array &$build, array $entities, array $displays,
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full') {
-    $build = $this->viewMultiple(array($entity), $view_mode);
+  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
+    $build = $this->viewMultiple(array($entity), $view_mode, $langcode);
     return reset($build);
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full') {
+  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
     /** @var \Drupal\block\BlockInterface[] $entities */
     $build = array();
     foreach ($entities as $entity) {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full') {
         // Assign a #lazy_builder callback, which will generate a #pre_render-
         // able block lazily (when necessary).
         $build[$entity_id] += [
-          '#lazy_builder' => [static::class . '::lazyBuilder', [$entity_id, $view_mode]],
+          '#lazy_builder' => [static::class . '::lazyBuilder', [$entity_id, $view_mode, $langcode]],
         ];
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentViewBuilder.php b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentViewBuilder.php
index 976756f..87b7aed 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentViewBuilder.php
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ class BlockContentViewBuilder extends EntityViewBuilder {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full') {
-    return $this->viewMultiple(array($entity), $view_mode)[0];
+  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
+    return $this->viewMultiple(array($entity), $view_mode, $langcode)[0];
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full') {
-    $build_list = parent::viewMultiple($entities, $view_mode);
+  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
+    $build_list = parent::viewMultiple($entities, $view_mode, $langcode);
     // Apply the buildMultiple() #pre_render callback immediately, to make
     // bubbling of attributes and contextual links to the actual block work.
     // @see \Drupal\block\BlockViewBuilder::buildBlock()
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.module b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
index d90b1fc..4fcb7de 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ function comment_node_view_alter(array &$build, EntityInterface $node, EntityVie
  *   Use \Drupal::entityManager()->getViewBuilder('comment')->view().
  */
 function comment_view(CommentInterface $comment, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
-  return entity_view($comment, $view_mode);
+  return entity_view($comment, $view_mode, $langcode);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/contact/src/MessageViewBuilder.php b/core/modules/contact/src/MessageViewBuilder.php
index fcf99a0..66c6873 100644
--- a/core/modules/contact/src/MessageViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/contact/src/MessageViewBuilder.php
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ public function buildComponents(array &$build, array $entities, array $displays,
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full') {
-    $build = parent::view($entity, $view_mode);
+  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
+    $build = parent::view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode);
 
     if ($view_mode == 'mail') {
       // Convert field labels into headings.
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index c63c684..0eaab5d 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ function node_get_recent($number = 10) {
  *   An array as expected by drupal_render().
  */
 function node_view(NodeInterface $node, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
-  return entity_view($node, $view_mode);
+  return entity_view($node, $view_mode, $langcode);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php
index 24c7f34..0c2c55e 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ protected function prepareResults(StatementInterface $found) {
       // Render the node.
       /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeInterface $node */
       $node = $node_storage->load($item->sid)->getTranslation($item->langcode);
-      $build = $node_render->view($node, 'search_result');
+      $build = $node_render->view($node, 'search_result', $item->langcode);
 
       /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeTypeInterface $type*/
       $type = $this->entityManager->getStorage('node_type')->load($node->bundle());
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ protected function indexNode(NodeInterface $node) {
     foreach ($languages as $language) {
       $node = $node->getTranslation($language->getId());
       // Render the node.
-      $build = $node_render->view($node, 'search_index');
+      $build = $node_render->view($node, 'search_index', $language->getId());
 
       unset($build['#theme']);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestViewBuilderOverriddenView.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestViewBuilderOverriddenView.php
index a712c47..8d44386 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestViewBuilderOverriddenView.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestViewBuilderOverriddenView.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class EntityTestViewBuilderOverriddenView extends EntityTestViewBuilder {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full') {
+  public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
     $build = [];
     $build[$entity->id()]['#plain_text'] = $entity->label();
     return $build;
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full') {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = [], $view_mode = 'full') {
+  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = [], $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
     $build = [];
     foreach ($entities as $key => $entity) {
-      $build[$key] = $this->view($entity, $view_mode);
+      $build[$key] = $this->view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode);
     }
     return $build;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 1af7a91..daae443 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ function taxonomy_check_vocabulary_hierarchy(VocabularyInterface $vocabulary, $c
  *   A $page element suitable for use by drupal_render().
  */
 function taxonomy_term_view(Term $term, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
-  return entity_view($term, $view_mode);
+  return entity_view($term, $view_mode, $langcode);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/tour/src/TourViewBuilder.php b/core/modules/tour/src/TourViewBuilder.php
index ca2936d..caccf15 100644
--- a/core/modules/tour/src/TourViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/tour/src/TourViewBuilder.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TourViewBuilder extends EntityViewBuilder {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full') {
+  public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
     /** @var \Drupal\tour\TourInterface[] $entities */
     $build = array();
     foreach ($entities as $entity_id => $entity) {
diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.module b/core/modules/user/user.module
index 28335a7..7782954 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.module
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ function user_delete_multiple(array $uids) {
  *   An array as expected by drupal_render().
  */
 function user_view($account, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
-  return entity_view($account, $view_mode);
+  return entity_view($account, $view_mode, $langcode);
 }
 
 /**