Citavi: Error ! Paragraph ended before \language@active@arg" was complete in Biber

Biber error fix: Resolve the ! Paragraph ended before \language@active@arg” was complete issue by replacing Citavi’s quotation marks with simple quotes.

Oct 8, 2026
Knowledge

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Answer

Problem

You are using TeXLive and Texmaker to create your document, and Biber to generate the bibliography. When processing with Biber, the following error message appears: ! Paragraph ended before \language@active@arg" was complete

Cause

Quotation marks are displayed as follows when exporting from Citavi: {\textquotedbl}

Solution

These must be replaced with single quotation marks (‚‘).

URL Name

Citavi-113EN-Error-Paragraph-ended-before-language-active-arg-was-complete-in-Biber