diff --git a/src/keys-builder/create-translation-files.ts b/src/keys-builder/create-translation-files.ts
index f68ad7a..526f111 100644
--- a/src/keys-builder/create-translation-files.ts
+++ b/src/keys-builder/create-translation-files.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export async function createTranslationFiles({
   removeExtraKeys,
   scopes,
   fileFormat,
+  scopedOnly,
 }: Config & { scopeToKeys: ScopeMap }) {
   const logger = getLogger();
 
@@ -23,21 +24,24 @@ export async function createTranslationFiles({
     output,
     fileFormat,
   });
-  const globalFiles = langs.map((lang) => ({
-    path: `${output}/${lang}.${fileFormat}`,
-  }));
+
   const actions: FileAction[] = [];
 
-  for (const { path } of globalFiles) {
-    actions.push(
-      buildTranslationFile({
-        path,
-        translation: scopeToKeys.__global,
-        replace,
-        removeExtraKeys,
-        fileFormat,
-      }),
-    );
+  if (!scopedOnly) {
+    const globalFiles = langs.map((lang) => ({
+      path: `${output}/${lang}.${fileFormat}`,
+    }));
+    for (const { path } of globalFiles) {
+      actions.push(
+        buildTranslationFile({
+          path,
+          translation: scopeToKeys.__global,
+          replace,
+          removeExtraKeys,
+          fileFormat,
+        }),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   for (const { path, scope } of scopeFiles) {
diff --git a/src/keys-builder/index.ts b/src/keys-builder/index.ts
index 58726b4..6fcd819 100644
--- a/src/keys-builder/index.ts
+++ b/src/keys-builder/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { setConfig } from '../config';
 import { messages } from '../messages';
-import { Config } from '../types';
+import { Config, ScopeMap } from '../types';
 import { countKeys } from '../utils/keys.utils';
 import { getLogger } from '../utils/logger';
 import { resolveConfig } from '../utils/resolve-config';
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ export async function buildTranslationFiles(inlineConfig: Config) {
   const result = buildKeys(config);
   const { scopeToKeys, fileCount } = result;
 
+  if (config.scopedOnly) {
+    if (Object.keys(scopeToKeys.__global).length) {
+      logger.log(
+        '\n\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m',
+        '⚠️',
+        'Global keys found with scopedOnly flag active\n'
+      );
+      if (config.emitErrorOnExtraKeys) {
+        process.exit(2);
+      }
+    }
+    delete (scopeToKeys as Partial<ScopeMap>).__global;
+  }
   logger.success(`${messages.extract} 🗝`);
 
   let keysFound = 0;
diff --git a/src/keys-detective/index.ts b/src/keys-detective/index.ts
index e5d0d48..af04c3f 100644
--- a/src/keys-detective/index.ts
+++ b/src/keys-detective/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { setConfig } from '../config';
 import { buildKeys } from '../keys-builder/build-keys';
 import { messages } from '../messages';
-import { Config } from '../types';
+import { Config, ScopeMap } from '../types';
 import { getLogger } from '../utils/logger';
 import { resolveConfig } from '../utils/resolve-config';
 
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ export function findMissingKeys(inlineConfig: Config) {
 
   const result = buildKeys(config);
   logger.success(`${messages.extract} 🗝`);
+  if (config.scopedOnly) {
+    if (Object.keys(result.scopeToKeys.__global).length) {
+      logger.log(
+        '\n\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m',
+        '⚠️',
+        'Global keys found with scopedOnly flag active\n'
+      );
+      if (config.emitErrorOnExtraKeys) {
+        process.exit(2);
+      }
+    }
+    delete (result.scopeToKeys as Partial<ScopeMap>).__global;
+  }
 
   const { addMissingKeys, emitErrorOnExtraKeys } = config;
   compareKeysToFiles({
diff --git a/src/marker.ts b/src/marker.ts
index 4a8ad4d..94a2273 100644
--- a/src/marker.ts
+++ b/src/marker.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-export function marker<T extends string | string[]>(key: T): T {
+export function marker<T extends string | string[]>(
+  key: T,
+  params?: unknown,
+  lang?: string
+): T {
   return key;
 }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 380b366..5accb4d 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type Config = {
   addMissingKeys: boolean;
   removeExtraKeys: boolean;
   emitErrorOnExtraKeys: boolean;
+  scopedOnly?: boolean;
   scopes: Scopes;
   scopePathMap?: {
     [scopeAlias: string]: string;