IMF Glossary: English-French-Spanish, Seventh edition

Glossary, May 24, 2007

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Bibliographic details

• Published: May 24, 2007
• Series: Glossary

Overview and scope

• Seventh, revised edition of the IMF Glossary: English-French-Spanish.
• Contains approximately 4,000 records believed to be the most useful to translators dealing with IMF material.
• Main body consists of terms, phraseological units, and institutional titles covering areas such as:
  • macroeconomics
  • money and banking
  • public finance
  • taxation
  • balance of payments
  • statistics
  • accounting
  • economic development
• Includes terminology relating to the IMF's organization and operations, and terms drawn from the Articles of Agreement, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, and other major IMF publications.
• Concept-based organization: synonyms are consolidated into one single entry.

Key features and apparatus

• Cross-references:
  • "see" entries point to the main entry under which synonyms are listed.
  • "see also" entries draw attention to related but non-synonymous terms.
• Appendixes include:
  • Currency units of countries and monetary unions.
  • An IMF organizational chart in the three languages (English, French, Spanish).
  • Color-coded French and Spanish indexes.

Intended users and applications

• Primary audience: translators dealing with IMF material.
• Use cases:
  • Standardizing terminology across IMF publications.
  • Clarifying institutional titles and concept-specific usages.
  • Supporting translation and editorial consistency for documents drawn from IMF legal and operational texts.