Food for thought
ITI Scottish Network’s summer meeting in 2010 will be held on 5 June in Inverness, as a joint workshop with the ITI Food & Drink Network.
We all know something about food and drink. But translating in this field is a different matter – they are perhaps the clearest possible indicators of cultural difference, and expressing the concepts in a foreign language thus presents special linguistic challenges.
In this workshop in Inverness, the beautiful “Capital of the Highlands”, four speakers, each with their unique experiences of food and drink translation and writing, will introduce us to the joys and challenges of this specialist field. The Call Notice contains details of pricing, etc., and a booking form.
Venue
The Waterside Hotel (www.thewatersideinverness.co.uk) is on the River Ness in central Inverness. The workshop and dinner/ceilidh take place in the hotel’s Ness Suite. You can find a map showing how to reach the Waterside here.
Inverness is about 3½ hours north of Edinburgh by car or train, and there are regular flights to Inverness airport from London (Gatwick and Luton), Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.
Social programme
The workshop is part of ScotNet’s annual summer meeting, and all those attending – and their families and friends – are warmly invited to the social events on the Friday and Saturday evenings, and on the Sunday morning.
On Friday evening there will be an informal buffet dinner at Jimmy Chung’s at 27 Bank St., just along the river from the Waterside (click here for a small map), at 7.30 pm (roughly – the buffet format means timings are flexible). The restaurant is in a beautiful riverside location, and offers an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet for £10.99 per person. This event will be pay-as-you-go.
On the Saturday evening at 7.30 pm we will meet back in the Ness Suite at the Waterside Hotel (map) with spouses, partners, families and friends to enjoy a 3- course dinner, followed by ScotNet’s traditional ceilidh – we plan to have someone to walk us through the dances, so do not be put off if this is your first time!
Finally, on the Sunday morning there will be a walk at Abriachan (www.abriachan.org.uk), a rural area with stunning views (weather-permitting!) of the surrounding scenery. If time permits, we may be able to visit a reconstruction of an illicit whisky still. A free bus will be provided to Abriachan, which will leave from the Waterside Hotel (map) in Inverness at 9.30 am, and take walkers back to the train station in Inverness for between 12.30 and 1 pm. Please tick the relevant box on your reply form in the Call Notice if you may be interested in using the free bus.
