react-i18next - No overload matches this call when `string` type specified

I'm using react-i18next with React and TypeScript. If I try loading a property using a string literal and type inference, it works correctly. However if I specify the type of string, the error is thrown.

i18n.ts

import ns1 from './locales/en/translation.json';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';
import i18n from 'i18next';

export const defaultNS = 'ns1';

export const resources = {
  en: {
    ns1
  }
} as const;
i18n.use(initReactI18next).init({
  lng: 'en',
  ns: ['ns1', 'ns2'],
  defaultNS,
  resources
});

react-i18next.d.ts

import { resources, defaultNS } from './i18n';

// react-i18next versions higher than 11.11.0
declare module 'react-i18next' {
  interface CustomTypeOptions {
    defaultNS: typeof defaultNS;
    resources: typeof resources['en'];
  }
}

translation.json

{
  "title": "Welcome to react using react-i18next",
  "description": {
    "part1": "To get started, edit <1>src/App.js</1> and save to reload.",
    "part2": "Switch language between english and german using buttons above."
  }
}

Working code

import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';

const t = useTranslation().t;
const title = 'title';

// "Welcome to react using react-i18next"
console.log(t(title));

No overload matches this call exception

import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';

const t = useTranslation().t;
const title: string = 'title';

// No overload matches this call exception
console.log(t(title));

How can I translate a string variable where the type is specified?