diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index bc38f51d..4ded5dda 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@
     "react-hooks/exhaustive-deps": "error",
     "react/react-in-jsx-scope": "off",
     "react/jsx-uses-react": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": [
+      "error",
+      {
+        "argsIgnorePattern": "^_",
+        "varsIgnorePattern": "^_"
+      }
+    ],
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "off"
   },
   "overrides": [
diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index b497a076..503ba166 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "temp",
     "*.svg",
     "pnpm-lock.yaml",
+    ".eslintrc.json",
     "cspell-dictionary.txt"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/background/container.ts b/src/background/container.ts
index 2d303618..58c36938 100644
--- a/src/background/container.ts
+++ b/src/background/container.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from './services'
 import { createLogger, Logger } from '@/shared/logger'
 import { LOG_LEVEL } from '@/shared/defines'
+import { tFactory, type Translation } from '@/shared/helpers'
 
 interface Cradle {
   logger: Logger
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ interface Cradle {
   sendToPopup: SendToPopup
   tabEvents: TabEvents
   background: Background
+  t: Translation
   tabState: TabState
 }
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ export const configureContainer = () => {
   container.register({
     logger: asValue(logger),
     browser: asValue(browser),
+    t: asValue(tFactory(browser)),
     events: asClass(EventsService).singleton(),
     deduplicator: asClass(Deduplicator)
       .singleton()
diff --git a/src/background/services/tabEvents.ts b/src/background/services/tabEvents.ts
index ddd4bb24..2feab400 100644
--- a/src/background/services/tabEvents.ts
+++ b/src/background/services/tabEvents.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { MonetizationService } from './monetization'
 import { StorageService } from './storage'
 import { IsTabMonetizedPayload } from '@/shared/messages'
 import { getTabId } from '../utils'
+import type { Translation } from '@/shared/helpers'
 
 const runtime = browser.runtime
 const ICONS = {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export class TabEvents {
   constructor(
     private monetizationService: MonetizationService,
     private storage: StorageService,
+    private t: Translation,
     private browser: Browser
   ) {}
   clearTabSessions = (
@@ -63,14 +65,14 @@ export class TabEvents {
   ) => {
     const { enabled } = await this.storage.get(['enabled'])
 
-    let title = this.browser.i18n.getMessage('appName')
+    let title = this.t('appName')
     let iconData = enabled ? ICONS.default : ICONS.warning
     if (enabled && payload) {
       const { value: isTabMonetized } = payload
       iconData = isTabMonetized ? ICONS.active : ICONS.inactive
       const tabStateText = isTabMonetized
-        ? this.browser.i18n.getMessage('monetizationActiveShort')
-        : this.browser.i18n.getMessage('monetizationInactiveShort')
+        ? this.t('monetizationActiveShort')
+        : this.t('monetizationInactiveShort')
       title = `${title} - ${tabStateText}`
     }
     const tabId = sender && getTabId(sender)
diff --git a/src/popup/Popup.tsx b/src/popup/Popup.tsx
index ab7ca67c..6fd2b49f 100644
--- a/src/popup/Popup.tsx
+++ b/src/popup/Popup.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { MainLayout } from '@/popup/components/layout/MainLayout'
-import { PopupContextProvider } from './lib/context'
+import { PopupContextProvider, TranslationContextProvider } from './lib/context'
 import { LazyMotion, domAnimation } from 'framer-motion'
 import React from 'react'
+import browser from 'webextension-polyfill'
 import { ProtectedRoute } from '@/popup/components/ProtectedRoute'
 import {
   RouteObject,
@@ -49,9 +50,11 @@ const router = createMemoryRouter(routes)
 export const Popup = () => {
   return (
     <LazyMotion features={domAnimation} strict>
-      <PopupContextProvider>
-        <RouterProvider router={router} />
-      </PopupContextProvider>
+      <TranslationContextProvider browser={browser}>
+        <PopupContextProvider>
+          <RouterProvider router={router} />
+        </PopupContextProvider>
+      </TranslationContextProvider>
     </LazyMotion>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/popup/components/SiteNotMonetized.tsx b/src/popup/components/SiteNotMonetized.tsx
index 813a3575..b5c7ba57 100644
--- a/src/popup/components/SiteNotMonetized.tsx
+++ b/src/popup/components/SiteNotMonetized.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import browser from 'webextension-polyfill'
 import { WarningSign } from '@/popup/components/Icons'
+import { useTranslation } from '@/popup/lib/context'
 
 export const SiteNotMonetized = () => {
+  const t = useTranslation()
   return (
     <div className="flex h-full items-center justify-center gap-2 p-4 text-lg">
       <div className="flex-shrink-0">
         <WarningSign className="size-6 text-medium" />
       </div>
-      <h3 className="text-medium">
-        {browser.i18n.getMessage('siteNotMonetized')}
-      </h3>
+      <h3 className="text-medium">{t('siteNotMonetized')}</h3>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/popup/lib/context.tsx b/src/popup/lib/context.tsx
index e656cad4..ab16064d 100644
--- a/src/popup/lib/context.tsx
+++ b/src/popup/lib/context.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import browser from 'webextension-polyfill'
+import browser, { type Browser } from 'webextension-polyfill'
 import { getContextData } from '@/popup/lib/messages'
-import { DeepNonNullable, PopupStore } from '@/shared/types'
+import { tFactory, type Translation } from '@/shared/helpers'
+import type { DeepNonNullable, PopupStore } from '@/shared/types'
 import {
   ContentToBackgroundAction,
   type ContentToBackgroundMessage
@@ -161,3 +162,23 @@ export function PopupContextProvider({ children }: PopupContextProviderProps) {
     </PopupStateContext.Provider>
   )
 }
+
+const TranslationContext = React.createContext<Translation>((v: string) => v)
+
+export const TranslationContextProvider = ({
+  browser,
+  children
+}: {
+  browser: Browser
+  children: React.ReactNode
+}) => {
+  const t = tFactory(browser)
+
+  return (
+    <TranslationContext.Provider value={t}>
+      {children}
+    </TranslationContext.Provider>
+  )
+}
+
+export const useTranslation = () => React.useContext(TranslationContext)
diff --git a/src/popup/pages/MissingHostPermission.tsx b/src/popup/pages/MissingHostPermission.tsx
index 954c37f7..c4a015eb 100644
--- a/src/popup/pages/MissingHostPermission.tsx
+++ b/src/popup/pages/MissingHostPermission.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import React from 'react'
 import browser from 'webextension-polyfill'
 import { PERMISSION_HOSTS } from '@/shared/defines'
 import { WarningSign } from '@/popup/components/Icons'
+import { useTranslation } from '@/popup/lib/context'
 
 export const Component = () => {
+  const t = useTranslation()
   return (
     <div className="rounded-md bg-orange-50 p-4 text-sm">
       <div className="flex">
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ export const Component = () => {
         <div className="ml-3 flex flex-col gap-2">
           <h3 className="font-medium text-orange-800">Permission needed</h3>
           <div className="text-orange-700">
-            <p>{browser.i18n.getMessage('hostsPermissionsNeeded')}</p>
+            <p>{t('hostsPermissionsNeeded')}</p>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/shared/helpers.ts b/src/shared/helpers.ts
index bc2d65c6..d0057ff8 100644
--- a/src/shared/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/shared/helpers.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { SuccessResponse } from '@/shared/messages'
 import { WalletAddress } from '@interledger/open-payments/dist/types'
 import { cx, CxOptions } from 'class-variance-authority'
 import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge'
+import type { Browser } from 'webextension-polyfill'
 
 export const cn = (...inputs: CxOptions) => {
   return twMerge(cx(inputs))
@@ -193,6 +194,20 @@ export function bigIntMax(a: string, b: string) {
   return BigInt(a) > BigInt(b) ? a : b
 }
 
+type TranslationKeys = keyof typeof import('../_locales/en/messages.json')
+
+export type Translation = ReturnType<typeof tFactory>
+export function tFactory(browser: Pick<Browser, 'i18n'>) {
+  /**
+   * Helper over calling cumbersome `this.browser.i18n.getMessage(key)` with
+   * added benefit that it type-checks if key exists in message.json
+   */
+  return <T extends TranslationKeys>(
+    key: T,
+    substitutions?: string | string[]
+  ) => browser.i18n.getMessage(key, substitutions)
+}
+
 type Primitive = string | number | boolean | null | undefined
 
 // Warn: Not a nested object equals or a deepEquals function