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How to Get Rid of the “Attempted to Divide by Zero” Error in MultiTerm
15 September 2022
This error appears not only in Trados Studio
We wrote about the Attempted to divide by zero error in Trados Studio before, and now it has been caught by MultiTerm, a free app for processing termbases. The error appears right during simple scrolling through term records.
What causes this error, typically, is unknown, but it can be easily removed: you need to reorganize the termbase. To do this, go to the Termbase Management section at the bottom left, and then press the Reorganize button in the ribbon.
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