# Tips for starting with Tryton

**URL:** <https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tips-for-starting-with-tryton/2560>\
**Category:** User\
**Created:** [April 9, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tips-for-starting-with-tryton/2560 "2020-04-09T19:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![dave](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dave](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/dave)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tips-for-starting-with-tryton/2560/2 "2020-04-10T09:55:15Z")

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Hello,

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for the feedback.

As an example, here are a few answers:

> [@herrdeh](#):
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> - Which modules do I need as basic equipment?

Good question! Unfortunately, it is not easy to answer, because it all depends on what your business does, and how you want Tryton to work for you. However in most businesses you will probably want at least the product, purchase and sales modules, and an accounting module for your country (if one is available). You may also want to manage goods in a warehouse with the stock module.

If you activate a module, then all the modules that it depends on will also be activated too. So, for example, activating the party module will also activate the country module as well, as it is needed for the party’s addresses.

> [@herrdeh](#):
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> - Where do I find an explanation which module does what? - Just a few sentences about every module?

> **[Tryton Documentation — Tryton Documentation](https://docs.tryton.org/latest/)**

> [@herrdeh](#):
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> - What is the difference between language and translation?

I’m sure you know this, but _language_ is something like English, German, French… Where as _translation_ is the process of converting from one language to another, and **a** _translation_ is the result of converting something from one language to another.

So in the context of Tryton you would set the _language_ you want to use Tryton in, and then when the _translations_ are loaded all the field names would be _translated_ into that _language_.

> [@herrdeh](#):
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> - How do I switch from English to my mother tongue?

Some other members of the community are better placed to help, but I think there are a few settings you need, and I think you need to load the translations for your language, here are some links to the documentation:

- [Configuration file — Tryton server](https://docs.tryton.org/projects/server/en/latest/topics/configuration.html#language)
- [How to setup a database — Tryton server](https://docs.tryton.org/projects/server/en/latest/topics/setup_database.html)

and this is a bit of behind the scenes information:

- [Translation — Tryton server](https://docs.tryton.org/projects/server/en/latest/topics/translation.html)

> [@herrdeh](#):
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> - Why is there no standard settings of business year, VAT rates, etc?

The starting and ending dates for the business year can depend on the rules for your country or perhaps the dates your accountant suggests you use. You may also want to choose quarterly or monthly periods. So you just need to create it in  
[Financial \> Configuration \> Fiscal Years \> Fiscal Years](https://demo.tryton.org/model/account.fiscalyear;name=%22Fiscal%20Years%22). There is also currently a guide on [How to create a Fiscalyear](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/how-to-create-a-fiscalyear/2380).

The VAT rates are normally setup in the accounting module for your country, and you can use the taxes that are defined in the module to correctly add and account for VAT.

Hope that helps!

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