diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_toml.py b/.github/workflows/validate_toml.py
index 13cf79b6c8..2fe3344c82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_toml.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_toml.py
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 from glob import iglob
 import tomllib
-from jsonschema import validate
+from jsonschema import validate, Draft7Validator, ValidationError
 import json
+import sys
+
+sys.tracebacklimit = 0
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-  for path in iglob("../../**/*.toml", recursive=True):
-    with open(path, 'rb') as file:
-      try:
-        print(f"Checking {file.name}...")
-        data = tomllib.load(file)
-        
-        if "translations" in path:
-          with open("../../schemas/translation.schema.json") as schema:
-            print(f"Checking translation schema for {file.name}...")
-            validate(data, json.load(schema))
-      except tomllib.TOMLDecodeError as e:
-        print(e)
\ No newline at end of file
+    for path in iglob("../../**/*.toml", recursive=True):
+        with open(path, "rb") as file:
+            try:
+                print(f"Checking {file.name}...")
+                data = tomllib.load(file)
+
+                if "translations" in path:
+                    with open("../../schemas/translation.schema.json") as schema:
+                        print(f"Checking translation schema for {file.name}...")
+                        validate(
+                            instance=data,
+                            schema=json.load(schema),
+                            format_checker=Draft7Validator.FORMAT_CHECKER,
+                        )
+            except tomllib.TOMLDecodeError as e:
+                print(e)
diff --git a/schemas/translation.schema.json b/schemas/translation.schema.json
index 6874bc8e32..c36fffcc4a 100644
--- a/schemas/translation.schema.json
+++ b/schemas/translation.schema.json
@@ -1,21 +1,53 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
   "$id": "https://linku.la/sona/schemas/translation.schema.json",
   "title": "sona Translation file",
   "description": "Localized metadata for a Toki Pona word",
   "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "def": {
-      "description": "The definition of the word",
-      "type": "string"
+  "additionalProperties": {
+    "properties": {
+      "commentary": {
+        "description": "Extra information regarding the word",
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "def": {
+        "description": "The definition of the word",
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "etymology": {
+        "description": "Information about the word's origin through other languages",
+        "items": {
+          "properties": {
+            "alt": {
+              "description": "The \"word\" field transliterated in Latin characters",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "definition": {
+              "description": "The definition of the word in its origin language",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "language": {
+              "description": "The word's origin language",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "word": {
+              "description": "The word written out in its original script",
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "object",
+          "required": ["language"],
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "type": "array"
+      },
+      "sitelen_pona_etymology": {
+        "description": "The etymology of the word's sitelen pona glyph",
+        "type": "string"
+      }
     },
-    "commentary": {
-      "description": "Extra information regarding the word",
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "sitelen_pona_etymology": {
-      "description": "The etymology of the word's sitelen pona glyph",
-      "type": "string"
-    }
+    "type": "object",
+    "required": ["def"],
+    "additionalProperties": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/schemas/translation.schema.ts b/schemas/translation.schema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0da95bc3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/translation.schema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export type Translation = {
+  [word: string]: {
+    def: string;
+    commentary: string;
+    sitelen_pona_etymology: string;
+    etymology: Array<{
+      language: string;
+      word: string;
+      alt: string;
+      definition: string;
+    }>;
+  };
+};