What is the objective of translation under SFAS No. 52?
a. To avoid reporting accounting exchange gains and losses when an economic gain or loss has not occurred
b. To avoid reporting foreign-currency-denominated operations as if they had occurred in U.S. dollars
c. To maintain a U.S. dollar orientation
d. Both a and b
ANSWER: D
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