diff --git a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
index bbf2760..8111866 100644
--- a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ export class DirectiveParser implements ParserInterface {
 	}
 
 	protected cleanKey(val: string): string {
-		return val.replace(/\r?\n|\r|\t/g, '');
+		return val.replace(/\r?\n|\r|\t/g, '').trim();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts b/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
index 5129b05..c206734 100644
--- a/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
@@ -117,4 +117,22 @@ describe('DirectiveParser', () => {
 		const keys = parser.extract(contents, templateFilename).keys();
 		expect(keys).to.deep.equal(['client.search.searchBtn']);
 	});
+
+	it('should extract contents without indent spaces and trim leading/trailing whitespace', () => {
+		const contents = `
+			<div translate>
+				this is an example 
+				of a long label 
+			</div>
+
+			<div>
+				<p translate>
+					this is an example 
+					of a long label 
+				</p>
+			</div>
+		`;
+		const keys = parser.extract(contents, templateFilename).keys();
+		expect(keys).to.deep.equal(['this is an example of a long label']);
+	});
 });