RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zufferey, Sandrine A1 Cartoni, Bruno YR 2014 T1 A multifactorial analysis of explicitation in translation JF Target. International Journal of Translation Studies VO 26 IS 3 SP 361 OP 384 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/target.26.3.02zuf PB John Benjamins SN 0924-1884, AB The search for translation universals has been an important topic in translation studies over the past decades. In this paper, we focus on the notion of explicitation through a multifaceted study of causal connectives, integrating four different variables: the role of the source and the target languages, the influence of specific connectives and the role of the discourse relation they convey. Our results indicate that while source and target languages do not globally influence explicitation, specific connectives have a significant impact on this phenomenon. We also show that in English and French, the most frequently used connectives for explicitation share a similar semantic profile. Finally, we demonstrate that explicitation also varies across different discourse relations, even when they are conveyed by a single connective., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/target.26.3.02zuf