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This study aims to examine the characteristics of pedagogic translation from a functionalist approach. The study analyzed the unique aspects of English source text (ST) and Korean target text (TT) of an EBS-CSAT book, as an example of Korea-specific pedagogic translation. By analyzing the subject matters of ST, this study found that the English passages are mostly non-literal texts dealing with topics such as humanities, sociology, science, technology, etc. In this regard, the text type of ST of pedagogic translation can be categorized into the informative text or documentary translation, respectively suggested by Reiss (1977) and Nord (1997). Meanwhile, the results of TT analysis are as follows; first, the EBS-CSAT book translations used referential functions frequently by preferring explicit translation both in the translation of function words and content words. Second, the EBS-CSAT book translations showed less tendency to separate sentences, thereby generating long translated sentences. Third, the EBS-CSAT book translations preferred to keep the ST word order. These results imply that pedagogic translation has a tendency to take an ST-oriented approach reflecting the purpose and aspects of usage as foreign language study materials, supporting the functionalist view on translation.