Derivative Financial Instruments - Summary of Outstanding Foreign Currency Forward Contracts (Details) - Foreign Currency Forward Contracts - Cash Flow Hedges - Non-designated	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) € / £ € / $ £ / $ $ / ¥ $ / ¥ $ / $	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / $	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) € / £ € / $ £ / $ $ / ¥ $ / ¥ $ / $
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 276,163,000	$ 105,900,000
Derivative One
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 1,205,000	$ 1,844,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Maturity Date	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Index	EUR/GPB	EUR/GPB
Weighted Average Strike Rate	0.8948	0.8471
Derivative Two
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 2,202,000		$ 3,375,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Maturity Date	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Index	EUR/USD	EUR/USD
Weighted Average Strike Rate	1.2218		1.1230
Derivative Three
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 12,879,000		$ 25,957,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Maturity Date	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Index	GPB/USD	GPB/USD
Weighted Average Strike Rate	1.3654		1.3257
Derivative Four
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 213,508,000		$ 39,340,000
Effective Date		Dec. 31, 2019
Maturity Date		Feb. 29, 2020
Index	USD/CNY	USD/CNY
Weighted Average Strike Rate	6.5806		6.9762
Derivative Five
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 3,189,000		$ 763,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Maturity Date	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Index	USD/JPY	USD/JPY
Weighted Average Strike Rate	103.3150		108.7320
Derivative Six
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 43,180,000		$ 33,621,000
Effective Date		Dec. 31, 2019
Maturity Date		Feb. 29, 2020
Index	USD/TWD	USD/TWD
Weighted Average Strike Rate	28.1442		29.9880
Derivative Seven
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount			$ 500,000
Effective Date		Jan. 31, 2019
Maturity Date		Jan. 31, 2020
Index		USD/TWD
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| $ / $			30.6350
Derivative Eight
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount		$ 500,000
Effective Date		Oct. 31, 2019
Maturity Date		Feb. 29, 2020
Index		USD/TWD
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| $ / $		30.5710
Minimum \| Derivative Four
Derivative [Line Items]
Effective Date	Apr. 30, 2020
Maturity Date	Jan. 31, 2021
Minimum \| Derivative Six
Derivative [Line Items]
Effective Date	Jan. 31, 2020
Maturity Date	Jan. 31, 2021
Maximum \| Derivative Four
Derivative [Line Items]
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2020
Maturity Date	May 31, 2021
Maximum \| Derivative Six
Derivative [Line Items]
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2020
Maturity Date	May 31, 2021

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The average strike price on a group of foreign currency option contracts such as put options or call options.

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Date the derivative contract matures, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
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Reference to the index or unit of measurement for the underlying which establishes the pricing terms of the derivative instrument. For example, the basis on the underlying for a natural gas futures contract might be the NYMEX price per million British thermal units (MMBtu).

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