AngularJS programatically call filter from service (sort by custom filter)
You can see guide for filters
So in your case depends from defininition .filter('translate', you can use it like
.controller('StringsController', function(blabla, $filter) { //simple transtale var translatedString = $filter('translate')(stringForTranslate); //ordering var ordered = $filter('orderBy')(arrayForOrdering,function(el){ return $filter('translate')(el); })});