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How to Get Rid of the “Attempted to Divide by Zero” Error in MultiTerm

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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.

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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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