diff --git a/src/content/utils/localization.ts b/src/content/utils/localization.ts
index 5d21dfc..4706b8b 100644
--- a/src/content/utils/localization.ts
+++ b/src/content/utils/localization.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,41 @@
-const localizations: {[lang: string]: any} = {
+import { logDebug } from "./log";
+
+const localizations: Record<string, object> = {
 	'en': require('../../strings/en'), // English
 	'es': require('../../strings/es'), // Spanish
 	'ja': require('../../strings/ja'), // Japanese
 	'it': require('../../strings/it'), // Italian
-	'ar': require('../../strings/ar') as object, // Arabic
-	'cs': require('../../strings/cs') as object, // Czech
-	'da': require('../../strings/da') as object, // Danish
-	'de': require('../../strings/de') as object, // German
-	'fi': require('../../strings/fi') as object, // Finnish
-	'fr': require('../../strings/fr') as object, // French
-	'hu': require('../../strings/hu') as object, // Hungarian
-	'ko': require('../../strings/ko') as object, // Korean
-	'nl': require('../../strings/nl') as object, // Dutch
-	'no': require('../../strings/no') as object, // Norwegian Bokmål
-	'pl': require('../../strings/pl') as object, // Polish
-	'pt': require('../../strings/pt') as object, // Portuguese
-	'pt-BR': require('../../strings/pt-BR') as object, // Brazilian Portuguese
-	'ro': require('../../strings/ro') as object, // Romanian
-	'ru': require('../../strings/ru') as object, // Russian
-	'sv': require('../../strings/sv') as object, // Swedish
-	'tr': require('../../strings/tr') as object, // Turkish
-	'zh-Hans': require('../../strings/zh-Hans') as object, // Simplified Chinese
-	'zh-Hant': require('../../strings/zh-Hant') as object, // Traditional Chinese
+	'ar': require('../../strings/ar'), // Arabic
+	'cs': require('../../strings/cs'), // Czech
+	'da': require('../../strings/da'), // Danish
+	'de': require('../../strings/de'), // German
+	'fi': require('../../strings/fi'), // Finnish
+	'fr': require('../../strings/fr'), // French
+	'hu': require('../../strings/hu'), // Hungarian
+	'ko': require('../../strings/ko'), // Korean
+	'nl': require('../../strings/nl'), // Dutch
+	'no': require('../../strings/no'), // Norwegian Bokmål
+	'pl': require('../../strings/pl'), // Polish
+	'pt': require('../../strings/pt'), // Portuguese
+	'pt-BR': require('../../strings/pt-BR'), // Brazilian Portuguese
+	'ro': require('../../strings/ro'), // Romanian
+	'ru': require('../../strings/ru'), // Russian
+	'sv': require('../../strings/sv'), // Swedish
+	'tr': require('../../strings/tr'), // Turkish
+	'zh-Hans': require('../../strings/zh-Hans'), // Simplified Chinese
+	'zh-Hant': require('../../strings/zh-Hant'), // Traditional Chinese
 }
 
 export function $T(s: string, locale?: Intl.LocalesArgument): string {
 	const code = locale ? locale.toString() : extractLocaleFromURL(document.URL)
-	return localizations.hasOwnProperty(code) ? (localizations[code as unknown as keyof object])[s] || s : s;
+	if (code in localizations) {
+		const translation = localizations[code] as Record<string, string>;
+		const result = translation[s] ?? s;
+		logDebug(`Translating "${s}" to locale "${code}": ${result}`);
+		return result;
+	}
+	logDebug(`Untranslated string "${s}" in locale "${code}`);
+	return s;
 }
 
 export function extractLocaleFromURL(url: string): string {