Explain the re-measurement and translation process within FASB 52 of translating into the reporting currency the books of a completely owned affiliate that keeps its books in the local currency of the country where it operates, which is different as compared to its functional currency.
Answer: For a foreign entity which keeps its books in its local currency, which is dissimilar from its functional currency, the translation process as per to FASB 52 is to: 1st, re-measure the financial reports from the local currency into the functional currency by using the temporal method of translation, and 2nd, translate from the functional currency into the reporting currency by using the current rate method of translation.