3. MultiTerm - Recent Threads

Failed to initalize view 'MultiTerm.Studio.EditorView'

Sofía Galli — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:21:31 GMT

Hi! I have a problem launching MultiTerm 2024. I've tried everything that has been suggested in the forum:

- Changing the name to 'Multiterm18_old'.

- Uninstalling and installing the program several times.

- Changing the name of the file coresettings.xml to settings.xml

- Running the program as an administrator.

- Repairing the program in the Uninstall programs folder.

- Changing the location of the folder when installing it.

- And adding the program to my antivirus whitelist.

Before Multiterm crushed, I tried adding some functions from Create Ribbons, I think it's called. I added them in the Termbases sections and, when I closed the program, it stopped working.

I don't know what else to do to launch the program and have access to the dashboard.

Could you help me with a new unthought solution? Thank you!

.sdltb Termbase Not Visible or Opening in MultiTerm

Shuchang Liu — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:55:12 GMT

I recently upgraded from Trados Studio 2021 to 2024. When I try to open a termbase in Multiterm, the window appears blank and doesn’t show any files, even though there are .sdltb files in the designated folder.

If I change the file type filter to “All files,” the .sdltb file becomes visible. However, when I try to open it, I get an error message saying: “This termbase cannot be opened because it has been created with an unsupported version of MultiTerm.”

The language pair is English–Chinese.

Could you please advise on how to resolve this?

Thanks very much.

adding new terms to Multiterm

selen sahin — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:56:57 GMT

Hello,

I added new terms to my termbase, but some of them are not displayed while others are displayed in the Editor. I can see all of them in MultiTerm, but not all in the Editor.

I tried to add them in the Editor and in MultiTerm separately, and it is the same terms causing the problem (no special characters and no particular subject field issue).

Can someone help?

Thanks

selen

Trouble by opening Multiterm

Silvia Lazzarotto — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:25:24 GMT

Hi, I have a problem with Multiterm today. I got an error message from it saying I lost the connection with Multiterm Server, but I actually do not have a termbased Server. I do not have Termbased Server in Trados neither and I already tried to solve the problem renaiming the file. Could you please help me?

Multiterm version 2019 - "An Error has Occurred" message keeps appearing when trying to enter new terms in a termbase

Natalie Dunn — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:26:26 GMT

I have been having issues with Multiterm 2019 for some time. Firstly, I cannot connect termbases to Studio projects, despite being able to do so previously, and when I try to create a termbase and populate it with terms, I receive "An Error has Occurred" message. Can anyone help please?
Thank you so much

Multiterm Trados 2024 and Excel import issue

Henrik Snellman — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:20:35 GMT

Hello

with Trados 2024, having prepared a customer provided Excel, after having removed unnecessary characters such as < and > etc., and after downloading Multiterm App and plug-in from RWS App store, and having tried to load the termbase file, the hits that should appear on the top right corner of the editor view still refuse to be shown... Any suggestions, all help is appreciated.

I cannot find any responses to solve this problem

MultiTerm doesn't work in Trados

Svetoslav Dimitrov — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:42:55 GMT

When I try to connect the MultiTerm application to separate license server (on premise) the application gives me the following error:

I will be happy if anyone can help me with this issue.

Thanks in advance!

Unknown error message when trying to delete a term in Multiterm: An error occurred when deleting the term cache

Frank Van T Veer — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:11:27 GMT

One of my termbases won't show or update terms that I add. When trying to delete questionable terms in Multiterm, I receive the unknown message 'An error occurred when deleting the term cache'. I have no idea how to solve this so that I can remove terms from the database. MultiTerm 2021 Desktop (version 16.2.1.1044).

Update: I was able to remove the questionable terms in Trados Studio 2021, by opening the termbase viewer and deleting some terms. It seems that terms with either notes or definitions added by me were causing the error. By removing these terms I am now able to add new terms, but I would like to know if and why these definitions or notes cause this error.

TB updates

Dongjun Kim — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:15:04 GMT

To clarify my question/suggestion, I am NOT referring to one-to-many term entries, but rather to one-to-one term entries stored in the TB in the following way:

good (EN) : gut| (DE)
all (EN) : all| (DE)

My question was whether, by storing the term only once in this form, Trados can recognize the same German word across its various inflected forms without having to register each form separately.

For example, would the TB recognize the following as the same term without individual entries?

gut → guter, gute, gutes, gutem, guten
all → aller, alle, alles, allem, allen

In German translation, not only adjectives and verb forms but also indefinitas and noun singular/plural forms and case inflections (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative) result in many surface variants of the same lemma.
If the CAT tool cannot recognize these as the same term, we would need to register the same word 6–7 times in the TB, which would significantly increase workload and also cause considerable inconvenience during QA.

That is why I wanted to ask whether Trados provides a function to handle this kind of inflectional variation automatically.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

I get "Der Wert darf nicht Null sein. Parametername: key" when trying to add a single termbase

Astrid Elke Witte — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:46:47 GMT

Good evening here in Europe,

See error stack attached. I get this when trying to add a single FR (France, I think? But they mustn't be locale-sensitive, normally) to ENUK termbase to our FRCH to ENUK project, i.e. doing it one at a time, extra carefully.

This termbase was created using a recent version of MultiTerm. I get this when trying to add other termbases of the same locale, too.

uat.community.rws.com/.../sdlerror_2D00_2025128_2D00_19h43m16s.sdlerror.xml

Cheers,

Sebastian Witte

MultiTerm error: “E_NOINTERFACE – cannot convert COM object TermbaseRepositoryClass"

Cinthia Elisabeth Zapata — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 02:39:51 GMT

Hi everyone,
I'm experiencing a recurring issue when trying to open or use MultiTerm from Trados Studio. The following error appears:

“No se puede convertir el objeto COM del tipo 'Sdl.MultiTerm.TMO.Interop.TermbaseRepositoryClass' al tipo de interfaz 'Sdl.MultiTerm.TMO.Interop.ITermbaseRepository'. Ocurrió un error de operación debido a que la llamada QueryInterface en el componente COM para la interfaz con IID '{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}' generó el siguiente error: Interfaz no compatible (Excepción de HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).”

In English:

“Cannot convert COM object ‘TermbaseRepositoryClass’ to interface ‘ITermbaseRepository’. QueryInterface failed with error 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE).”

My environment:

Windows 10

Trados Studio version 2022

MultiTerm version 2022

Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Cinthia

Suddenly no connection on MultiTerm

Daniela Madureira — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:55:36 GMT

Hello, I suddenly stopped having access to termbases.

In the past two weeks, I tried to access termbases provided via GroupShare, but there is no connection (there is no error message on Trados, the TB just has a red X sign). I can access Translation Memories on server, using the same connection.

However, I also tried today to access an offline TB that is saved locally on my computer, and still MultiTerm prevents me from opening it due to a server error. This file doesn't need the server!

This is the message displayed when I try to open this offline TB on MultiTerm. I have just updated MultiTerm to the most recent version available and the error persists.

Could someone please assist?

Multiterm Desktop 2024 - No database can be opened

Uwe Pezoldt — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:47:42 GMT

Hello,

It's not possibe to open a Multiterm database in the desktop version.

Thanks for your help.

Uweuat.community.rws.com/.../Error-When-opening-Multiterm-database.pdf

“Object reference not set to an instance of an object” when creating a new Termbase using Multiterm Desktop 2024

Katia Freywat — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:18:09 GMT

Hello,

Although this used to work smoothly, but for some reason, when trying to create a new termbase --> create a new termbase definition from scratch -->adding language fields (En & Ar) --> Next till ending the wizard since there are not descriptive fields. This used to work all the time. However, now the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" is appearing.

I closed the converter, multiterm desktop and trados, then repeated the steps and still facing the same issue.

Any guided help is highly appreciated.

Thanks!

Katia

Help/Suggestion regarding TB "getting lost" in Trados

Kerstin Reha — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:51:07 GMT

Dear all,

My issue is that when we receive a project from our client, accordin to Trados, the given TB is active (i.e. the green tick is there), but it doesn't actually indicate the mis-matches. We have to remove the client's TB and put it back, only then it functions for a while. But after some time spent on the same project, it stops functioning again – so it has to be manually removed and put back again. The same thing happens with the translator as well: he has to remove the client's TB and put it back in order for it to function.

This particular issue only happens with one pariular client of ours.

Do you have any idea what might be the problem...?

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,
Ágnes

Termbase format best to give to MT provider

David McDermit — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:41:07 GMT

Hello

I am trying to figure out what is the best format to process from Multiterm to send to a machine translation company as they setup an engine for us to utilize.

I am thinking the default xml and xdt file together.

Is there something different I should send to them?

Thanks

David

Unable to open local TB in Multiterm - A connection to Multiterm Server unknown could not be established

Helene Minville — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:05:52 GMT

When I open Multiterm, I get this:

I am not working on any server (I was trying to open a local TB).

I first notice the problem as I wanted to check a term in Studio while working on a project.

Behavior:

I can open Multiterm. However, when I click on “Open termbase” I get the message error (see screenshot) plus a funny “loading bar” which says “Loading Termbase List”.

Actions taken:

- Shut down Studio and Multiterm programs

- Shut down the computer and restart

-Try to uninstall and reinstall Multiterm

- Rename the file adding an underscore

Technical specifications:

Multiterm version: Multiterm 2022 SR2 17.2.5.2838

WINDOWS version: Windows 11 Home

OS build: 26100.3775

Computer: Lenovo X1 Carbon 10th Gen (Type 21CB, 21CC) Laptop (ThinkPad) - Type 21CB

Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1240P 1.70 GHz

Installed RAM: 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)

System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

At this point, I really need help as I feel totally out of resources. Please don't suggest me to play in the registry: I am a translator, not a computer geek!

Your help would be appreciated,

Helene

Training MultiTerm 2024

Adalgisa Mendes Hammerschmid — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:10:08 GMT

I need urgently training on how to use MultiTerm 2024. Where can I find it?

I am a free-lancer.

Multiterm 2022 (Version 17.2.12.19268) - Unable to open Select termbase dialog box and unable to add terms from Studio

Francesca Zanette — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:23:04 GMT

I am unable to open any Termbase in Multiterm 2022 (Version 17.2.12.19268). I can open Multiterm, however when I click on "Open Termbase" on the Home Tab, the Select Termbase dialog box opens at the back of the main window and I cannot access it in any way. Then Multiterm freezes and I need to switch my PC off.

I have removed and reinstalled Multiterm but to no avail.

In Studio I can select databases, but I cannot add any term to any of them. If I try, Studio freezes and I need to switch off again.

What should I do? I am at loss.

Thank you

Francesca Zanette

Can s.o. please help me with Multiterm 2022? Until yesterday noon it worked fine, but all of a sudden I can´t open/use it properly and add or edit an entry, for instance. I mean, I can open it, but when I try to open a termbase, I get the message "Ope

Jacqueline Marcella Breuer — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:44:57 GMT

Can s.o. please help me with Multiterm 2022? Until yesterday noon it worked fine, but all of a sudden I can´t open/use it properly and add or edit an entry, for instance. I mean, I can open it, but when I try to open a termbase, I get the message "Opening termbase" in an endless loop (see screenshot below: message bottom left). I have already tried to uninstall and install again Multiterm 2022; ending with the same problem. Any ideas? Is it more a Windows issue? I’d really appreciate some useful tips, because as it is, MultiTerm is simply ‘dead.’

Good evening, I am a student and I need SDL MultiTerm Convert software for work, I downloaded SDL Trados Studio to connect SDL MultiTerm Convert, but I can't find it, how do I download it.

Крістіна Сосновчик — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:59:02 GMT

Good evening, I'm a student and I need SDL MultiTerm Convert software for my work, I downloaded SDL Trados Studio 2021 to connect SDL MultiTerm Convert, but I can't find it, how do I download it.

How can I insert a term from the Multiterm Database directly in my translation in Trados Studio 2024?

Martina Lingnau — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:59:51 GMT

How can I insert a term from the Multiterm Database directly in my translation in Trados Studio 2024?

MultiTerm Convert: The conversion option could not be initialized properly. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Pavel Tsvetkov — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:53:49 GMT

Dear All,

I am trying to convert a IATE .tbx file into MultiTerm format using MultiTerm Convert.

The following error message is displayed:

Trying to use Glossary Converter instead, also results in an error.

Any suggestions?

Best regards,

Pavel

Change default source language and or target language - Multiterm Desktop

Simon Bratina — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:12:10 GMT

Hi all,

I remember that many years ago, we were able to "set" the source language and target language in Multiterm in order for it to "match" each target language need.

Unfortunately, I don't remember what did we do to achieve such behaviour nor I was able to find a guide on how to do this.

I spotted a reply from Paul Filkin in the post RE: Where can I find the "setting" file for source/target languages of TB? but I'm optimistically hoping for a more elegant solution.

TO test this, I'm using this glossary from RWS AppStore https://appstore.rws.com/Plugin/162 .

By default when I open this TB, the source language is set as Bulgarian and target language is set as Czech.

But as I operate with English and Slovenian I would like to change them and set them to open as:
Source language: English

Target language: Slovenian

What is the most efficient way to "permanently" change default source and target language for this particular termbase, so that I don't need to waste my time whenever I open the termbase.

Thank you,

Simon

Trados crashes when adding a Korean term to the termbase.

Kihwan Jung — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:30:55 GMT

Trados crashes when I add a Korean term to the termbase.

I've tested with the same conditions on an English-to-Russian language pair, and it works without any errors.

The crash only occurs with the English-to-Korean language pair.

As shown in the video, the document language is correctly set to English-to-Korean, and the termbase language is also correctly matched to English-to-Korean.

uat.community.rws.com/.../_79B14CC7_-2025_2D00_09_2D00_05-232727.mp4