## IMF Glossary: English-French-Spanish, Seventh edition

_Glossary, May 24, 2007_

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**Canonical URL:** [IMF Glossary: English-French-Spanish, Seventh edition](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/glossary/issues/2016/12/31/imf-glossary-english-french-spanish-seventh-edition-19700)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 24, 2007
- Series: Glossary

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### 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.

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