Why should we write types for translation keys?

[Divinely5782]

Hi! I am new to TS and have just started to learn it and i have a question. Why do we have write types for translation keys? IMHO it is obvious that all translation in such simple websites are strings?

Thanks for answer!

declare interface Locales { home_description: string; about_description: string; }

[zanhk]

Hi, This can be defined alternatively like this I think

type Locales = Record<'home_description' | 'about_description' | 'home' | 'about' | 'blog', string>;

otherwise

interface Locales {
	[key: string]: string;
}

but in the second case you lose type safesty on the locales

[zanhk]

either way I suggest to use a different way for localization as this one is obslolete.

Follow

https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/internationalization/

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I will release a template in the near future which will use the integrated way.