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 ## Setting up
 * install [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm)
-* install typescript globally (`npm i -g typescript`). This is important because it is needed to transcompile, so you can run your changes locally (using command `tsc`)
+* install typescript globally (`npm i -g typescript`). This is important because it is needed to transpile, so you can run your changes locally (using command `tsc`)
 * run `npm install`
 * download the braid repo into a folder in the same directory as the primary yardstick folder