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Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Foreign Currency [Abstract] |
Schedule of Currency Transaction Gains (Losses) | Currency transaction (losses) gains included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended |  | For the Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017
| (In thousands)
Operating (loss) income | $ | (4,482 | ) |  | $ | 2,857 |  |  | $ | (9,023 | ) |  | $ | (32,137 | )
Other non-operating expense, net | (1,568 | ) |  | (1,244 | ) |  | (535 | ) |  | (7,368 | )
Net transaction (losses) gains | $ | (6,050 | ) |  | $ | 1,613 |  |  | $ | (9,558 | ) |  | $ | (39,505 | )

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