This is a silly thing to say; why would you use TypeScript if you're going to leave everything exactly as it was in JavaScript? Wouldn't want to rewrite it using TypeScript features? Otherwise there would be zero point to TypeScript.
You seem to be unaware of what TypeScript is. TypeScript is more of a high-powered linter than a new language. If you take Javascript and put it in TypeScript mode, most errors are due to variable reuse (x was a number and now a string) or actually an error in the javascript if you're trying to be well typed.
For a certain style of Javascript, making it Typescript is a no-op
