We could even do this in a backward compatible way:
````
<?php 
$lang_key		= 'PLG_FINDER_STATISTICS_'. str_replace(' ', '_', $type->type_title);
$lang_string	= JText::_($lang_key);
echo ($lang_string == $lang_key) ? $type->type_title : $lang_string; 
?>
````
This way if third party extensions don't have the language string (yet), it will not show as an untranslated string.