Bunin and intelligentnost'

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Robert Chandler wrote:
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> 'Intellectual interests' is my extremely inadequate translation of
> 'intelligentnost'.  Can anyone do better?

'intelligentnost' is a personal characteristic (culture) expressed as
behavior based on education (not necessarily formal) and good manners.
Therefore, I would use in this context just 'education and good manners.'

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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