This study discusses the translation strategy and the impact of the strategy to the translated
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Graduate School. Data collected were ten translation products, from English to Indonesian,
of the applicants. The English text translated consisted of 390 words. The applicants were
allowed to use traditional dictionary or offline/electronic dictionary when translating the
text. The study employed the translation strategy theories proposed by Jääskeläinen (1993),
global and local strategies, and by Vinay & Dalbernet (1958 & 2000), translation methods
(literal and oblique translation) and translation procedures (borrowing, calque, literal
translation, modulation, transposition, equivalence, and adaptation). Findings showed that
the applicants tended to use the local strategy and literal method in their translation. This
affected the quality of the translation, making it less natural in the target language. In
addition, there was mistranslation due to inaccurate/wrong word choices, causing the
messages within the source text to fail to be conveyed. This study is hoped to bring valuable
input for the translation studies and courses in the future