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Foreign currency translation

The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into the reporting currency of the parent company in order to prepare consolidated financial statements.

Foreign Currency Translation

When a parent-subsidiary relationship exists between two companies in different countries using different currencies, the act or practice of changing the financial statements of the subsidiary to conform to the accounting standards of the parent's country, as well as re-denominating the subsidiary's currency into the parent's currency. According to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, the translation of a foreign currency to U.S. dollars must be accurate as of the date on the financial statement. If there have been substantial changes to the exchange rate since that date, the consolidated financial statement must note this.

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Conversion de divisas Current Rate Method Temporal Method Translation			Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, net sales decreased by $24. Lydall rolls out second quarter results by Nonwovens Industry Foreign currency translation comprised about 13 percentage points of the increase. Becton Dickinson reports record revenues in its third fiscal quarter by Medical Product Outsourcing Foreign currency translation had a favorable impact on revenue of 6 percent in the quarter. Sensient reports record revenue in 1q 2008 by Ink World			Force Majeure Risk Forced Conversion Forced Liquidation forced sale Forecasting foreclosure Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act Foreign Banking Market Foreign Base Company Income Foreign Bond Foreign Bond Market Foreign Branch foreign corporation Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Foreign Credit Insurance Association Foreign Crowd Foreign Currency Foreign Currency Contract Foreign Currency Convertible Bond Foreign Currency Effect Foreign Currency Forward Contract Foreign Currency Future Foreign Currency Futures Contract Foreign Currency Option Foreign Currency Translation Foreign Debt Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Equity Market Foreign Exchange Foreign Exchange Broker Foreign Exchange Control Act Foreign Exchange Controls Foreign Exchange Dealer Foreign Exchange Market Foreign Exchange Rate Foreign Exchange Risk Foreign Exchange Swap Foreign holdings foreign investment in real estate Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act Foreign Investment Risk Matrix foreign judgment Foreign Market Foreign Market Beta Foreign Official Institutions Foreign Plan Foreign public borrower Foreign Restricted List Foreign Sales Corporation Foreign Tax Credit			Foreign Currency Deposit Foreign Currency Deposit Unit Foreign Currency Effect Foreign Currency Exchange Foreign Currency Exchange Corp. Foreign Currency Export Finance Facility Foreign Currency Fluctuation Foreign Currency Fluctuation Account Foreign currency forward contract Foreign Currency Forward Contracts foreign currency future Foreign Currency Futures Foreign currency futures contract Foreign Currency Futures Contracts Foreign Currency Non-Resident Foreign currency option Foreign Currency Option Contract Foreign Currency Option Contracts Foreign Currency Options Foreign currency reserve Foreign currency reserves Foreign Currency Savings Account Foreign Currency Swap Foreign Currency Swaps Foreign Currency Translation Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Foreign Currency Translations Foreign Data Automated Disclosure Foreign debt Foreign Debts Foreign Denial and Deception Committee foreign direct investment foreign direct investment foreign direct investment foreign direct investment foreign direct investment Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Foreign Direct Investments Foreign Direct Investments foreign disaster Foreign Disaster Assistance foreign disaster relief foreign disaster relief Foreign Disclosure Foreign Disclosure & Technical Information System Foreign Disclosure and Technology Security Plan Foreign Disclosure Office/Officer Foreign Disclosure Policy Office Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit Foreign Dividend Payment Foreign Documents Division Foreign Domestic Helper Foreign Domestic Movement Foreign Domestic Worker Foreign Domestic Worker Levy