diff --git a/fabric-data-generation-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/datagen/v1/provider/FabricLanguageProvider.java b/fabric-data-generation-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/datagen/v1/provider/FabricLanguageProvider.java
index 30d896f57c..8522d02037 100644
--- a/fabric-data-generation-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/datagen/v1/provider/FabricLanguageProvider.java
+++ b/fabric-data-generation-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/datagen/v1/provider/FabricLanguageProvider.java
@@ -207,7 +207,12 @@ default void add(RegistryEntry<EntityAttribute> entityAttribute, String value) {
 		 * @param value    The value of the entry.
 		 */
 		default void add(StatType<?> statType, String value) {
-			add("stat_type." + Registries.STAT_TYPE.getId(statType).toString().replace(':', '.'), value);
+		    if (statType.getName() instanceof TranslatableTextContent translatableTextContent) {
+		        add(translatableTextContent.getKey(), value);
+		        return;
+	        } else { // fallback to Util.createTranslationKey formatting (should it error instead?)
+			    add(Util.createTranslationKey("stat_type", Registries.STAT_TYPE.getId(statType)), value);
+			}
 		}
 
 		/**